''Al-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa'', ( ar, الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى, ''The Remedy by the Recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One uhammad ﷺ'), of

Qadi Ayyad ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā (1083–1149) ( ar, القاضي عياض بن موسى, formally Abū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī ...

(d. 544H / 1149CE) is perhaps the most frequently used and commented upon handbook in which

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's ﷺ life, his qualities and his miracles are described in every detail. Generally known by its short title, ''ash-Shifa'' or ''al-Shifa'' (''The Healing''), this work was so highly admired throughout the

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that it soon acquired a sanctity of its own, for it is said, "If ''al-Shifa'' is found in a house, this house will not suffer any harm... when a sick person reads it or it is recited to him, Allah ﷻ will restore his health." Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0359 fol 138b-139a

Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0359 fol 138b-139a

''Ash-Shifa'' remains one of the most commentated books of Islam after the ''Sahih's'' of

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and

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. Commentaries and partial explanations written on ''al-Shifa'' include: * ''Majlis fi khatmi Kitab al-Shifa' bi taʿrif huquq al-Muṣṭafá'' by Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Muhammad al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi. * ''al-Intihad fi khatmi al-Shifa' li-ʿIyad'' by

al-Sakhawi Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī ( ar, شمس الدين محمد بن عبدالرحمن السخاوي, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian who was born in Cai ...

. * ''Nasim al-Riyad fi sharh Shifa' li-Qadi ʿIyad'' in 4 volumes by

Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Khafaji ( ar, شهاب الدين أحمد بن محمد بن عمر الخفاجي) an Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al- ...

. * ''Sharh al-Shifa' li-al-Qadi ʿAyyad'' in 2 volumes by Ali al-Qari. * ''Manahil as-safa fi takhrij Ahadith al-Shifa'' by

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. * ''Al-Shifāʾ bīTaʾrif Ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafá'' and ''al-ʿAta fī Maʿrifa al-Muṣṭafá'' (4 volumes) by

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. * ''al-Madad al-ʿIyad'' by al-Shaykh Hasan al-ʿAdawi al-Hamzawi. * ''Mazil al-Khafa' ʿan alfaz al-Shifa'' by al-ʿAllama Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Shamsi al-Tamimi al-Dari al-Hanafi. * ''al-Muqtafa fi hal alfaz al-Shifa by al-ʿAllama Burhan al-Din Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Khalil al-Halabi Sibt ibn al-ʿAjami. ''Ash-Shifa'' has been translated into numerous languages such as English, Turkish, and

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* Sira - Biographies of Prophet Muhammed *''

Dalail al-Khayrat ''Dalāil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāt alá al-Nabī al-mukhtār'' ( ar, دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الأنوار في ذكر الصلاة على النبي المختار, translation=Waymarks of Benefit ...

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