A Portrait of the Prophet: As seen by his contemporaries (Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyya) History this account demonstrates why there

this account demonstrates why there are so few other texts that have continued to impact Muslims in the eastern Islamic world

Print length: 223 pages

The second title in the Treasury in Islamic Thought and Civilization series

as an object of knowledge and as food for thought

is a very valuable addition to the ever growing library of English Islamic literature

A Portrait of the Prophet: As seen by his contemporaries (Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyya) History this account demonstrates why thereThis book belongs to the traditional genre of Islamic 'sacred history' sources known as sira (biography). It contains a famous and a most indispensable collection of authentic traditions (ahadith), listing the main texts from which to glean the beautiful attributes, both moral and physical, of the Holy Prophet Peace and Blessings be upon Him; attributes to which Muslims in all ages referred over and over, for the purposes of both meditation and