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    A Day with the Prophet
    A Day with the Prophet
    A Day with the Prophet
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    A Day with the Prophet

    By Ahmad Von Denffer

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    This book invites Muslims and non-Muslims to acquaint themselves with the prophet's practice and teachings, his Sunnah, first hand. Relying exclusively upon the sayings and actions of the prophet, which have been selected and translated from authenticated and well-known collections of hadith literature, this book presents a close-up and composite picture of the life of the Prophet Muhammad, described in the Qur'an as the best model for humanity.

    Ahmad Von Denffer was born in Germany in 1949. He studied Islamics and Social Anthropology at the Universty of Mainz. He works at the Islamic Centre, Munich, and has translated the Qur'an into German.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Islamic Foundation
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9780860376125
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    A Day with the Prophet - Ahmad Von Denffer

    Introduction

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    Many Muslims are well acquainted with the Sunnah of the Prophet as a terminus technicus and all that it stands for in Muslim history and legal thought. How many though, one wonders, try to model their lives on the Sunnah, every day, from morning till night? The almost complete adoption of the ‘modern’, that is, Western way of life by many people of Muslim origin suggests that the number is small indeed.

    Nevertheless, it is accepted among Muslims that the Sunnah is the key to understanding the message of the Holy Qur’ān and to the implementation of the guidelines and laws laid down in it. While revealed scripture explains the basic principles and laws of Islam as a way of life, the Sunnah teaches Islam through explanation and demonstration of those principles and laws; it makes them part of man’s experience by showing how they work in practice. The Sunnah is thus indispensable if one wants to practise Islam and be a true Muslim. It is in this sense that the Holy Qur’ān states:

    ‘He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah…’ (al-Nisā’ 4: 80)

    Thus whether or not to follow the Sunnah has not been left to the discretion of the Muslim, and to practise Islam on the lines given by the Prophet himself has been made an obligation, as the Qur’ān says:

    ‘And whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain (from it)…’ (al-Ḥashr 59: 7)

    Bearing this in mind, the following pages are meant as an invitation, to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, to consider leading their lives according to the Sunnah of the Prophet.

    For many reasons this may seem to be too difficult a task. To live by the Sunnah would certainly make a difference: but whether it is in fact more difficult to live by God-given rules than by the man-imposed and alienating patterns and norms of behaviour that are at the basis of today’s way of life, can only be discovered if one tries it for oneself.

    To adopt a different lifestyle is naturally something that takes time, something that one has to grow into. Nevertheless, why not just try spending a day with the Prophet? Observe the rules and norms presented in this introductory selection of aḥādīth for a full day, from rising in the early morning to going to sleep late at

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