Description

Title: Muhammad ﷺ A Portrait of Perfection (English)
Format: [A5] Paperback
Type: Book
Author: Abd al-Majid al-Sharnubi
Translated by: Amjad Mahmood
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published Year: 2021
Edition: 1st
Language: [English]
ISBN: 9780993475641
Added to our Catalogue: 20th August 2022

Length: 230mm
Width: 153mm
Height: 19mm
Weight: 379g
Pages: 231

Muhammad ﷺ A Portrait of Perfection (English) – Description

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is both the moral exemplar for mankind-sent by Allah as a mercy to the worlds (Qur’an 21:107) and the ultimate possessor of physical beauty. His Companion ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ said–as did many others--that ‘Never have I seen the like of him; not before or since’. Naturally, Muslims, beginning first and foremost with his contemporaries (i.e. the Companions), have meticulously conveyed the fine details of his beauty and character, including his physical form, seal of prophethood, clothing, and his manner of walking, reclining, eating, drinking, speaking and laughter, sleeping, devotion and so forth. The earliest and most famous work of this genre was the Shama’il of the great Hadith master Imam al-Tirmidhi. This latter work was later abridged and annotated by Shaykh al-Sharnubi, of which this is the English translation.

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majid al-Sharnubi (d. 1348 / 1929) was an Egyptian scholar educated at the al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo. He authored numerous commentaries on Arabic grammar, sacred law, Hadith and spirituality.

Table of Contents

Transliteration Key

Translator’s Introduction

Imam Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majid al-Sharnübi al-Azhari

Author’s Preface

Introduction

1.  The Messenger of Allah’s Physical Form ﷺ
2.  The Seal of Prophethood
3.  The Messenger of Allah’s Hair ﷺ
4.  The Messenger of Allah’s Combing of His Hair ﷺ and His Head Cloth
5.  The Messenger of Allah’s Grey Hairs ﷺ and His Dyeing Them
6.  The Messenger of Allah’s Kohl ﷺ
7.  The Messenger of Allah’s Clothing ﷺ
8.  The Messenger of Allah’s Foot Gear ﷺ and Sandals
9.  The Messenger of Allah’s Ring ﷺ and How He Wore It
10.  The Messenger of Allah’s Swords ﷺ, Coats of Mail and Basinets
11.  The Messenger of Allah’s Turbans ﷺ, Sarongs and Outer Garments
12.  The Messenger of Allah’s Manner of Walking, Sitting and Lying Down ﷺ
13.  The Messenger of Allah’s Cushions ﷺ and How He Reclined
14.  The Messenger of Allah’s Manner ﷺ of Eating and His Bread
15.  The Messenger of Allah’s Bread Accompaniments ﷺ
16.  The Messenger of Allah’s Ablution ﷺ before Eating Food
17.  What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Would Say before and after Eating
18.  The Messenger of Allah’s Drinking Vessels ﷺ
19.  The Fruits Which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Ate
20.  What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Would Drink and His Manner of Drinking
21.  The Messenger of Allah’s Wearing of Perfume ﷺ
22.  The Messenger of Allah’s Manner of Speaking ﷺ
23.  The Messenger of Allah’s Laughter ﷺ
24.  The Messenger of Allah’s Humour ﷺ
25.  The Messenger of Allah’s Remarks ﷺ about Poetry
26.  The Messenger of Allah’s Light-Hearted Conversations ﷺ at Night
27.  How the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Slept
28.  The Messenger of Allah’s Worship ﷺ
29.  The Messenger of Allah’s Recitation ﷺ of the Qur’an
30.  The Messenger of Allah’s Crying ﷺ
31.  The Messenger of Allah’s Bed ﷺ
32.  The Messenger of Allah’s Humility ﷺ
33.  The Messenger of Allah’s Character ﷺ and Modesty
34.  The Messenger of Allah’s Cupping ﷺ
35.  The Messenger of Allah’s Names ﷺ
36.  The Messenger of Allah’s Lifestyle ﷺ
37.  The Messenger of Allah’s Age ﷺ
38.  The Messenger of Allah’s Passing ﷺ
39.  What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Left Behind
40.  Seeing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a Dream

Concluding Remarks