The Spiritual Teachings of the Prophet: Hadith with Commentaries by Saints and Sages of Islam

by Tayeb Chouiref, Edin Q. Lohja (Translator), Fatima Casewit (Editor)

The traditions of the Prophet of Islam are, after the Qu'ran, the most important source for every aspect of Islamic life and thought. Ranging in topic from prayer to economic activity, hygiene to politics, ethics to aesthetics, and law to metaphysics, this work is the first in a European language to collect more than 200 of the purely spiritual traditions drawn from canonical collections of the Hadith as well as from other traditional resources. It contains illuminating commentaries drawn from the writings of eminent Sufis, such as Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Arabi, al-Ghazali, al-Janayd, Shaykh al-‘Alawi and his spiritual progeny. This unique book also reveals an important dimension of the Prophet’s being, one that is often neglected in modern studies not only by non-Muslim Westerners, but also by many Muslim biographers.

Genres: Islam, Religion

348 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2011

About the author

Traducteur et écrivain, Tayeb Chouiref est spécialiste de la mystique musulmane, et il mène actuellement des recherches sur d’importants développements du Soufisme et du Hadith en Égypte ottomane.

Il a enseigné la langue arabe dans l’enseignement secondaire ainsi qu’à l’Université Charles de Gaulle de Lille.
Il a notamment traduit et annoté deux chapitres de la somme spirituelle de Ghazâlî Ihyâ’ ‘ulûm al-dîn, ainsi qu’un chapitre des Futûhât al-Makkiyya d’Ibn ‘Arabî, et un ensemble de lettres du Cheikh Darqâwî.

Son champ de recherche couvre les différents domaines de la littérature mystique en Islam, tant durant l’époque classique que dans le monde contemporain.