The Best Books on the Prophet's Biography
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Question:
The questioner, Abu 'Adil, says: Honorable Shaykh, in your opinion, Honorable Shaykh Salih, what are the reliable books of the Sirah that we should read?
Answer:
There are many books on the Sirah, but the best of them is the Sirah of Ibn Hisham, and there is a commentary on it called al-Rawd al-Anf, a commentary on al-Rawd al-Anf. Then there are abridged versions, there are abridged versions. Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad by Ibn al-Qayyim contains an abridged Sirah, and it includes the fiqh of the Sirah; it has the Sirah and the fiqh of the Sirah, and what is derived and benefited from it, so it is a great and precious book. Then there are abridgments by al-Dhahabi, by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and by his son, Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which are abridged and concise versions of the Sirah. Yes.
The questioner, Abu 'Adil, says: Honorable Shaykh, in your opinion, Honorable Shaykh Salih, what are the reliable books of the Sirah that we should read?
Answer:
There are many books on the Sirah, but the best of them is the Sirah of Ibn Hisham, and there is a commentary on it called al-Rawd al-Anf, a commentary on al-Rawd al-Anf. Then there are abridged versions, there are abridged versions. Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad by Ibn al-Qayyim contains an abridged Sirah, and it includes the fiqh of the Sirah; it has the Sirah and the fiqh of the Sirah, and what is derived and benefited from it, so it is a great and precious book. Then there are abridgments by al-Dhahabi, by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, and by his son, Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which are abridged and concise versions of the Sirah. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/047 — archive.org (5:29)
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