Al-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa explained

Al-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa, (Arabic: الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى, The Remedy by the Recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One [Muhammad]), of Qadi Ayyad (d. 544H / 1149CE) is perhaps the most frequently used and commented upon handbook in which Muhammad'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 Muslim world 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."^[1]

Ash-Shifa remains one of the most commentated books of Islam after the Sahih's of Muhammad al-Bukhari and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. 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.
• 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 al-Suyuti.
• Al-Shifāʾ bī Taʾrif Ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafá and al-ʿAta fī Maʿrifa al-Muṣṭafá (4 volumes) by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.
• 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,^[2] Turkish,^[3] and Urdu.^[4]

See also

• List of Sunni books
• Sira - Biographies of Prophet Muhammed
• Dalail al-Khayrat

Notes and References

1. ʿA'isha Bint ʿAbdurrahman Bewley, Muhammad Messenger of Allah: ash-Shifa' of Qadi ʿIyad (Granada: Madinah Press, 1992)
2. https://archive.org/details/MuhammadMessengerOfAllahAshShifaOfQadiIyad/mode/2up Muhammad Messenger of Allah (Ash-Shifa)
3. https://archive.org/details/KadiIyazSifaISerif/mode/2up Archive.org: Şifa-i Şerif
4. An Urdu translation has been published by `Abd al-Tawwab Academy, Pakistan: Multan.