al-Shifa bi-Tarif Huquq al-Mustafa

About The Book

al-Shifa bi-Tarif Huquq al-Mustafa is among the most beloved devotional and theological works of the Sunni tradition — a sustained meditation on the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) organised into four major parts: his noble qualities and the divine praise of him; the rights he has upon his umma; the rulings concerning him; and what he has been protected from. Qadi Iyad of Sabta composed the work in the early sixth Islamic century, weaving together the Quran, the canonical hadith, the consensus of the Companions, and a vast tradition of Sunni learning, until the resulting book became something more than a compendium: it became the formative text of the Sunni understanding of Prophetic love and reverence.

Read continuously in Sunni circles for over eight centuries — recited aloud in Ramadan, taught in circles of seekers, studied for ijaza by hadith scholars — al-Shifa has been the subject of more than forty major commentaries, including those of al-Khafaji, al-Qari, and al-Khaffaji. Imam al-Subki famously held that mastery of al-Shifa was a precondition for serious teaching of the Sunni sira.

About The Author

al-Qadi Iyad b. Musa al-Yahsubi (476-544 AH / 1083-1149 CE), born in Sabta (Ceuta) in modern-day Morocco, was a Maliki jurist, Ashari theologian, and chief judge of Sabta and later Granada under the Almoravids. He combined deep expertise in fiqh, hadith, and tarajim (biographical literature); beyond al-Shifa, his Ikmal al-Mualim is a celebrated commentary on Sahih Muslim, and his Tartib al-Madarik is a foundational biographical dictionary of the Maliki school.

عن الكتاب

"الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى" من أَجَلِّ كتب السنّة في تعظيم النبي ﷺ. صنّفه القاضي عياض اليحصبي في القرن السادس الهجري، وقَسَّمَه إلى أربعة أقسام: في فضائل النبي ﷺ وثناء الله عليه، وما يَجبُ له على أمّته من حقوق، وما يَخْتَصُّ به من أحكام، وما عُصِم منه. جمع المؤلِّفُ في كتابه القرآنَ والأحاديث الصحيحة، وأقوال الصحابة، وما تَواتَر من تراث السنّة، حتى صار الكتاب نصَّ السنّة الكلاسيكي في فهم محبّة النبي ﷺ وتعظيمه. عُكِف عليه أهل السنّة قراءةً وتدريساً منذ ثمانية قرون، وله أكثر من أربعين شرحاً، منها للخفاجي والقاري.

عن المؤلف

القاضي عياض بن موسى اليحصبي (٤٧٦-٥٤٤ هـ) فقيه مالكي ومتكلّم أشعري، قاضي سبتة ثم غرناطة في دولة المرابطين. جمع بين الفقه والحديث وعلم التراجم. له إلى جانب الشفاء "إكمال المعلم بفوائد مسلم" شرحاً لصحيح مسلم، و"ترتيب المدارك" قاموساً في تراجم المالكية.