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Al-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyya (415 Hadith on the Beauty & Perfection of the Prophet Muhammad (S))
Al-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyya (415 Hadith on the Beauty & Perfection of the Prophet Muhammad (S))
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Abdul Aziz SuraqahMohammed Aslam
Description
There is a particular kind of love that wants not just to know what the Prophet ﷺ taught, but what he looked like, how he walked, how he sat, what he ate — and it is this love that Imam al-Tirmidhi's Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya was written to answer. Across 415 hadith, he gathers the details of the Prophet's ﷺ blessed form and daily life: his hair and how he groomed it, his clothing and sandals, his sword and armor, his turban, his manner of walking, sitting, and reclining, even the bread he ate. Read together, these chapters build something rare — a portrait of prophethood in its most human and most beloved particulars.
This edition from the Imam Ghazali Institute runs 320 pages, pairing the Arabic text with an English translation, so the reader moves between the original wording and a rendering meant to carry its meaning faithfully.
For anyone who has studied the seerah and wants to go deeper into who the Prophet ﷺ was in the small, daily moments, this collection offers exactly that — the physical description, the dress, the habits, the bearing, gathered chapter by chapter so nothing of the outward and inward form is left untouched.
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About the author
Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi: One of the great hadith masters of the third Islamic century, Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (209-279 AH / 824-892 CE) was born in the region of Tirmidh, on the banks of the Oxus in what is now southern Uzbekistan. Like the leading traditionists of his generation, he traveled across Khurasan, Iraq, and the Hijaz in pursuit of hadith, studying under al-Bukhari, whom he held in particular esteem, as well as other masters of the age. Later in life he lost his sight, and he died in Tirmidh. His landmark work is al-Jamiʿ, widely known as Sunan al-Tirmidhi, counted among the six canonical collections of Sunni hadith. It is distinguished by his practice of grading the reports he cites, often with his signature phrase hasan sahih, and of recording the differing legal opinions of the Companions and early jurists, which makes the book a resource for fiqh as well as hadith. He is equally beloved for al-Shamaʾil al-Muhammadiyya, a gathering of narrations describing the Prophet's physical appearance, character, dress, worship, and daily conduct, a work that has been read and commented upon for centuries. He also composed al-ʿIlal on the hidden defects of narrations. Scholars such as Ibn Taymiyya regarded him as an independent jurist, and his legacy endures across the Muslim world.
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
9780998438054
Binding
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket
Publisher
Imam Ghazali Institute
Author
Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi
Pages
275
Translator
Abdul Aziz Suraqah and Mohammed Aslam
Year Published
2019
Size
W-7.2 in | H-10.1 in | D-0.9 in
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