Description

Title: Muhammad صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ The Best of Creation (English)
Format: [A5] Hardback
Type: Book
Author: Shaykh Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published Year: 2021
Edition: 2nd
Language: [English]
ISBN: 9780993475658
Added to our Catalogue: 16th August 2022

Length: 220mm
Width: 140mm
Height: 17mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 121

Muhammad صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ The Best of Creation (English) – Description

This two-part treatise is a translation of Shaykh Muhammad in ‘Alawi al-MalikI’s Ta’rikh al-hawadith wa al-ahwal al-nabawiyyah (The history of the Prophetic events and states), a comprehensive summary of some of the most authoritative and voluminous works written on the Prophetic biography. The first part deals with various aspects of the Prophet’s صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ life, such as his early years before receiving revelation, members of his family, his servants, miracles, signs of his prophethood, the weapons he used in battle, the beasts he rode, the clothes he wore and so forth. The second part is a chronological  ummary of the most important events to have taken place in his life.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘AlawI al-Maliki, a direct descendant of the Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ, was born in Mecca in 1365/1944, and a world-renowned scholar who spent his life teaching and writing. He held  any prestigious positions, including religious instructor and imam at the Haram Mosque after his father, professor at the Faculty of Sharia, King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz University, Mecca, 1390-1399 AH, and was an active member of the World Islamic League. He died in Mecca in 1425 / 2004.

Table of Contents

—Illustrations

—Translator’s Introduction

—The Scholar of the Hijaz

—Author’s Introduction

• PART ONE
• A Summary of the Prophet’s States if and Matters Unique to His Noble Person
• CHAPTER ONE
• Lineage and Early Life
  • Noble lineage
  • Birth
  • Nurse-maids and wet-nurses
  • Upbringing
  • States before receiving the Message
• CHAPTER TWO
• Description of the Beloved
  • Names
  • Some of the signs of Prophethood
  • Physical description
  • Physical strength
• CHAPTER THREE
• The Noble Household
  • Paternal uncles and aunts
  • Paternal cousins
  • Children
  • Wives
  • Brothers and sisters through suckling
  • Maternal uncles and aunts
• CHAPTER FOUR
• The Migration
• CHAPTER FIVE
• The Office of Prophethood
  • Slaves
  • Some of his female slaves صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
  • Servants and those entrusted with specific duties [His male servants صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ]
  • [His female servants صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ]
  • [Those entrusted with specific tasks]
  • Guards
  • Envoys to the kings and emperors
  • Scribes
  • Samples of his letters صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
  • Governors (umara’) and those entrusted with other positions of authority
  • Muezzins
  • Poets, orators and cameleers
  • Some of the other poets among the Companions
  • Military expeditions (ghazawat and saraya [plural of sariyyah])
  • Hajjs and umrahs
  • Riding beasts
  • Milch camels and goats
  • Weapons
  • Clothing and furniture
• CHAPTER SIX
• Miracles
• CHAPTER SEVEN
• Leaving This World
• PART TWO
• A Chronology of the Main Events During His Bra صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
• CHAPTER EIGHT
• Life in Mecca
  • The first year
  • The second year
  • The third year
  • The fifth year
  • The sixth year
  • The eighth year
  • The ninth year
  • The thirteenth year
  • The fourteenth year
  • The twenty-fifth year
  • The thirtieth year
  • The thirty-fourth year
  • The thirty-fifth year
  • The thirty-eighth year
  • The fortieth year
  • The first year of Prophethood
  • The third year after Prophethood
  • The fifth year after Prophethood
  • The sixth year after Prophethood
  • The seventh year after Prophethood
  • The eighth year after Prophethood
  • The ninth year after Prophethood
  • The tenth year after Prophethood
  • The eleventh year after Prophethood
  • The twelfth year after Prophethood
  • The thirteenth year after Prophethood
• CHAPTER NINE
• Life in Medina
• The first year of the Prophetic Migration
• The second year after the Migration
• The third year after the Migration
• The fourth year after the Migration
• The fifth year after the Migration
• The sixth year after the Migration
• The seventh year after the Migration
• The eighth year after the Migration
• The ninth year after the Migration
• The tenth year after the Migration
• The eleventh year after the Migration

 

Illustrations

• Figure 1. The Prophet’s migration 4
• Figure 2. The Prophet’s cf envoys who were sent to the emperors and kings
• Figure 3. The expeditions wherein the Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ participated (ghazawat)
• Figure 4. The Battle of Badr
• Figure 5. The Battle of Uhud
• Figure 6. The spread of Islam in the Year of the Delegations
• Figure 7. The locations of the Arab tribes before the Prophetic mission

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