Kitab Syamail Muhammadiyah

A seminal work by Imam At-Tirmidhi, the same great scholar who compiled Sunan At-Tirmidhi . While his Sunan focuses on legal rulings, the Shamail focuses purely on the description (Khalq wa Khuluq) of the Prophet ﷺ—his physical form and his character.

Ittiba’ (emulation). For a believer, following the Prophet is not just about obeying commands, but about falling in love with his character. Al-Tirmidhi meticulously documents everything from the Prophet’s gait and his silver ring to the way he sat and the food he preferred. By humanizing the Prophet—showing him eating, sleeping, and graying at the temples—the text makes his perfection feel kitab syamail muhammadiyah

The author of Kitab Syamail Muhammadiyah is Habib Abdurrahman bin Muhammad al-Aydarus, a renowned Islamic scholar and poet from the 19th century. He was born in Tarim, a city in Hadramaut, Yemen, in 1844 and passed away in 1921. A seminal work by Imam At-Tirmidhi, the same

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