Ash-shifa of Qadi 'Iyad

[suhayb]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

I have just purchased a copy of Kitab Ash-shifa bi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa by Qadi Iyad. I was wondering if you know of this book and whether it's contents are okay? I have skimmed through and it seems to be a good book but wanted your opinion.

Jazak Allah Khair

Fi Amanillah

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,


All Praise be to Allah, who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam)


Jazak'Allah for your valued question. If there was ever a book, upon the topics of seerah, and ahadith in English, it would definitely have to be the aforementioned book.


It has some of the most amazing ahadith of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), that are an answer, or a refutation of what some of the false beliefs we encounter by people in relation to Milad an-Nabi, Nur, miracles (karamat), blessings (tabarrukat), and other such issues.


This book, is very highly recommended, as it gives a brief outline of what the devotion of every Muslim should be, what kind of belief one should have in relation to the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), and whether it is possible that the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) was a normal person like ourselves, or whether He was someone special, that was chosen by Allah the Almighty.


Even keeping the book in your house, is a form of blessing, as it gets rid of all forms of calamities, and evil eye, as it is stated on the back cover. Again i re-iterate this book is a very good purchase, I most definitely recommend it, and you should also tell your friends to buy a copy, to read it, understand it, and to act upon it. This will enable you to gain the maximum benefits from it.


May Allah the Almighty give us all the time to read, understand, and act upon literature by the Ahl as-Sunnah wal Jama'ah, and may He prevent us from reading books, that are likely to deviate us from the True Path. (amin)



Wallahu A'lmamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi