27 results for “biography”

By Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri. Award-winning biography of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Won first prize in a worldwide Seera...

By Ibn Hisham. The most famous and widely relied upon biography of the Prophet Muhammad. Ibn Hisham edited and annotated th...

By Ibn Kathir. A focused seerah work by the author of al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, extracted and...

By Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri. The award-winning modern seerah that won first prize in the Muslim World League's worldwide...

By Imam al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali's spiritual autobiography recounting his intellectual crisis and the journey that led...

By Ibn Taymiyyah. A treatise on the obligation to follow the straight path and avoid imitating non-Muslims in their religious practices and customs. Ibn Taymiyy

By Ibn Kathir. Ibn Kathir's biography of the Prophet, extracted from his larger work al-Bidayah w...

By Imam as-Salihi ash-Shami. The most comprehensive biography of the Prophet Muhammad ever compiled, spanning twelve volu...

By Ibn Farhun. The most important Maliki work on Islamic judicial procedure. Ibn Farhun covers the qualifications of judges, courtroom procedure, the evaluation

By Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhalwi. A comprehensive biography of the Prophet's companions organized by theme, drawing fro...

...is the most important classical commentary on the Prophet's biography.

By Ahmad al-Qastallani. A comprehensive biography of the Prophet focusing on his unique qualities, miracles, ...

...an Islamic perspective. It covers pre-Islamic prophets, the seerah, the Rashidun caliphate, the Umayyads, Abbasids, and beyond...

...medieval period. The early volumes on prophetic history and seerah are particularly valued.

By Abu al-Mu'in an-Nasafi. The most comprehensive work of Maturidi theology, systematically presenting the theological positions of the Maturidi school with det

By Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri. A widely-read biography of Prophet Muhammad based entirely on authentic sources, tr...

By Adil Salahi. A detailed scholarly biography of the Prophet Muhammad examining his character, relationsh...

By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A comprehensive scholarly biography of the first Caliph of Islam covering his life, his role as...

By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. An exhaustive biography of the second Caliph examining his conversion, the great Is...

By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A scholarly study of the third Caliph's life, his compilation of the Quran, expansion of the Islamic empire, and the causes of the

By Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. A rigorous biographical study of the fourth Caliph examining his scholarship, caliphate, major civil wars of his era, and enduring

By Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Shirazi. A detailed biography of the founder of the Hanbali school of jurisprudence, cove...

By Ali ibn Muhammad al-Uthaymin. A scholarly biography of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi, the great Shafi'i scholar, c...

By Bakr Abu Zayd. A biography of Ibn Taymiyyah's foremost student, tracing his extraordin...

By Various. The life and legacy of Al-Hasan ibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), grandson of the Prophet.

By Various. A brief biography of Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), compa...

By Dr. Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi. A comprehensive biography of Saladin, the great Muslim military leader who liberated ...