Imam An-Nawawi, cikakken sunansa shine Abu Zakaria Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (Larabci|أبو زكريا يحيى بن شرف النووي;‎ 1233–1277), anfi saninsa da al-Nawawī ko Imam Nawawī yarayu daga (631 zuwa 676 A.H./1234–1277), Ahlus-sunnah wato mabiyin Sunnah, fakihi a Mazhabar Shafi'iyya, malamin hadisi. Ya wallafa littafai da dama masu yawan gaske, wadanda suka hada da littafan hadisai, da theology, da tarihai, da kuma jurisprudence. Al-Nawawi dai bai taba yin aure ba a rayuwarsa. Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press. ISBN|0810861615. Fachrizal A. Halim (2014), Legal Authority in Premodern Islam: Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law, p. 1. Routledge. ISBN|041574962X. Abou Al-Fadl, Khaled (2005). The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 174. ISBN 978-0742550940.