''Al-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa'', (, ''The Remedy by the Recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One uhammad'), of

Qadi Ayyad 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 al-Sabtī (Camilo Gómez-Rivas, Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists, ...

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

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's 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 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

Muhammad al-Bukhari Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Persian Muslim '' muhaddith'' who is widely regarded as the most important ''hadith'' scholar in the histor ...

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 (, 1428/831 AH – 1497/902 AH) was a reputable Shafi‘i Muslim hadith scholar and historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an ...

. * ''Nasim al-Riyad fi Sharh Shifa' li-Qadi ʿIyad'' in 4 volumes by Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji. * ''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 bī Taʾrif 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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.An Urdu translation has been published by `Abd al-Tawwab Academy, Pakistan: Multan.

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