Muhammad His Character and Beauty : Wasa'il Al-wusul Ila Shama'il al-rasul
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Abdul Aziz Suraqah
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This is a book about what the Prophet ﷺ looked like, how he spoke, laughed, and carried himself — the classical shamā'il genre gathered into a single, careful compendium. Compiled by Shaykh Yusuf ibn Isma'il al-Nabahani, it moves through his lineage and names, then through chapters on the beauty of his form, the character of his eyes, hair, and natural fragrance, his voice, his laughter and weeping, his speech and silence, his strength, and his dress — drawn, as the shamā'il tradition is, from the classical literature on his qualities and miracles.
This English edition is translated by Abdul Aziz Suraqah. Yahya Rhodus of Al-Maqasid has praised the work itself for how eloquently it explores the Prophet's ﷺ persona, and separately welcomed its arrival in English. One description of the book calls it a work that combines scholarly erudition with mystic love for its subject, and reading it, one can see why.
At 272 pages, it is substantial enough to sit with slowly, a chapter at a time, rather than read in one sitting. For readers who want to know the Messenger ﷺ not only through his teachings but through the details of his person — his manner, his bearing, the small human particulars preserved by those who knew him — this is a fitting place to begin.
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About the author
Yusuf al-Nabhani: Yusuf al-Nabhani (1265-1350 AH / 1849-1932 CE) was a Palestinian scholar, Ottoman jurist, and one of the most prolific poets of devotion to the Prophet Muhammad in the modern era. Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, he was born in the village of Ijzim near Haifa, where his father, an imam, gave him his first instruction. He went on to study at al-Azhar in Cairo, then entered the Ottoman judiciary, holding posts across the Ottoman lands and rising to head the rights court of Beirut, an office he held for over twenty years. He took authorization in several Sufi paths, among them the Qadiriyya and Shadhiliyya. Al-Nabhani is most celebrated for his devotional and hadith-related writing centered on the Prophet. His landmark works include Wasaʾil al-Wusul ila Shamaʾil al-Rasul on the Prophet's noble character and appearance, Jamiʿ Karamat al-Awliyaʾ on the saints and their miracles, Saʿadat al-Darayn on prayers upon the Prophet, and al-Anwar al-Muhammadiyya. He compiled vast collections of litanies and praise poetry, such as al-Majmuʿa al-Nabhaniyya fi al-Madaʾih al-Nabawiyya. Late in life he traveled to Madina, where he lived for a time, before returning to his homeland, dying in Ramadan 1350 AH. He is remembered as a steadfast defender of traditional Sunni piety, Sufism, and love of the Prophet against the reformist currents of his day.
About the translator
Abdul Aziz Suraqah: Abdul Aziz Suraqah is an American Muslim translator, teacher, and author based in Toronto, Canada. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he embraced Islam as a teenager after reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which sparked an enduring engagement with Islamic learning. He pursued traditional Islamic education in Yemen at Dar al-Hadith al-Khayriyya, in Mauritania at the mahdara of Umm al-Qura under the tutelage of Shaykh Muhammad Salim Ould 'Addud, and in Morocco, where he was among the first Western students admitted full-time to the traditional Qur'an school in the remote village of Sidi Ghiyyath. His studies focused on theology, legal theory, Arabic grammar, rhetoric, and literature. Since 1998, he has taught Arabic and Islamic studies, and from 2005 he has dedicated himself to full-time translation from Arabic into English, producing over fifty published and unpublished works. His translations span classical texts in Sufism, theology, and prophetic devotion, including 'Realities of Sufism' (Haqaiq an al-Tasawwuf by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir Isa), 'The Sanusi Creed', and numerous works related to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. He currently teaches Arabic and Islamic studies at Dar al-Ma'rifah and Risalah Foundation in Toronto, where he lives with his family.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780990002680
Publisher
Al-Madina Institute
Author
Yusuf al-Nabhani
Pages
272
Translator
Abdul Aziz Suraqah
Year Published
2015
Size
W- | H- | D-
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