Prophetic Pearls - An Overview of the Life and Campaigns of Allah's Messenger

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Prophetic Pearls - An Overview Of The Life and Campaigns of Allah's Messenger

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is central to the Islamic message. Indeed, the testimony of faith comprises of testification to the Oneness of Allah and testification that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The biography of Prophet Muhammad, therefore, is central to the tenets of Islam. Knowledge of the life and times of Allah's Messenger strengthens one's faith, solidifies one's convictions, and only increases one in love of the Prophet.

DAR AL-ARQAM A Cordoban scholar, al-Hafiz Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was touted as the hafiz of the West by al-Dhahabi, and the most knowledgeable ḥadīth scholar of Andalusia by Abu 'l-Walid al-Baji. Indeed, his works span many sciences, including hadith, law, and history.

In this remarkable book, al-Hafiz Abu 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Barr beautifully summarises the life and campaigns of Allah's Messenger, basing his work on the seminal works of al-Imam Mūsā b. 'Uqhah, al-Imam Ibn Ishaq, and the latter's summarisation by al-Imam Ibn Hisham.

About The Author

Al-Hafiz Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was born in 978 and died in 1071 in Xàtiva in Al-Andalus. According to Ibn Khallikan, Ibn Abd al-Barr sprung from the Arabian tribe of Namr ibn Qasit

While initially having been an adherent of the Zahirite school of Muslim jurisprudence, Ibn Abd al-Barr later switched to the Maliki school, which was the officially recognized legal code of the Umayyad dynasty, under which he lived. His book on the three great Sunni jurists Malik ibn Anas, Al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanifa noticeably excluded both his former patron Dawud al-Zahiri and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.] Ibn 'Abd al-Barr was a strong opponent of the practice of Taqlid (blind-imitation) and represented the traditionalist strand of the Maliki school.He is often referred to as the "Bukhari of the West

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