Encouragement and Warning (Al-Targhib wal-Tarhib) – Zaki al-Din Al-Mundhiri

Zaki al-Din Abu Muhammad Abd al-Azim ibn Abd al-Qawi ibn Abdullah ibn Salama ibn Sa'd al-Mundhiri (581 – 656 AH / 1185 – 1258 CE) was a hadith scholar, historian and expert in Arabic, of Levantine origin, born in Egypt, and a follower of the Shafi'i school. He was born on Sunday, 1 Sha'ban 581 AH, corresponding to 27 October 1185 CE, and died on Saturday, 4 Dhu al-Qa'da 656 AH, corresponding to 2 November 1258 CE. He wrote many works on the science of hadith, history and Arabic

“The book by al-Hafiz Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri, which contains the Prophetic hadiths relating to encouragement (toward good deeds) and warning (against evil deeds), is one of the outstanding hadith collections to have gathered these narrations. Al-Hafiz Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri compiled these hadiths from various hadith sources and arranged them in four volumes”