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The Spiritual Teachings of the Prophet

About the Author

Translator and writer, Tayeb Chouiref specializes in Islamic mysticism, and currently leads investigaton of important developments of Sufism in Egypt and Hadith Ottoman. He has translated and annotated two chapters of spiritual al-Ghazali Ihya ' 'Ulum ad-Din ''The Book of Patience'' (2001), and'' The Book of Science'' (2001). He also translated and an annotated chapter of al-Fut Makkiyya of Ibn 'Arabi:'' The Mahdi and his Councillors, a Wisdom for the End of Days'' (2006). He also translated works of Ghazali and Ibn 'Arabi and is the author of "The spiritual teachings of the Prophet."

Summary of the Book

The name "Islam" refers to religion and civilization based on the Qur'an, a Scripture revealed to Prophet Muhammad in AD 610-632 years. Approximately one billion people are at least nominally, considered Muslims or followers of the religion of Islam. Muslims take as reference the Qur'an and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), as major and authentic sources of any aspect of their life. These sources give different teachings concerning the nature of reality, which are accepted by all Muslims. The most succinct expression of these teachings is found in the Islamic testimony of faith: "There is no god but God and Muhammad (PBUH) is the Messenger of God." All Muslims have faith in God and in the formulation of the Qur'an, the divine word transmitted by the Messenger of God. More generally, according to the formulation, Muslims believe in God, angels, scriptures, prophets, the Last Days and predestination. From these basic objects of faith, the most recent authorities derive three principles that form the core of the entire Islamic intelligentsia: the declaration of the oneness of God (tawhid), prophecy and eschatology, or return to God. The Muslims rely on the spiritual teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

This book, “The Spiritual Teachings of the Prophet,” is the first of its kind in the European language which collects about two hundred of the hadith which are the most spiritual and extracted from the collections of the canonical and other authentic sources. This book has been published both English and Arabic and contains enlightening commentaries which have been extracted from the works of the Sufis like Shaykh al-'Alawi¯, Junayd, al-Ghazali and Hasan al-Basri¯. This book is clearly of utmost value both to those who are searching for reliable and valid information and for those as well who are seeking for a comprehensive image of the outward and inward realities of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This book demonstrates that after the Quran, the hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) are the most significant resource of knowledge and understanding for all the aspects of Islamic thought and life. It includes the topics that range from economic activities to prayers, politics to hygiene, aesthetics to ethics and metaphysics to law. Furthermore, beyond the concerns for every domain of the life of man, these hadith, highlighted in the book, include the ones teach the way of proper speaking, esoteric ...