1905. This slim volume contains a small collection of the authentic utterances of the Prophet. The supreme importance of the sayings of Muhammad, apart from their general ethical value, can be fully realized only when one becomes aware that the whole religious, moral, social and political fabric of a vast section of humanity rests on the Book (the Kur'an), the sayings and acts (the Sunnah) of the Prophet, and analogical deductions therefrom.