al-Muqtafa min Sirat al-Mustafa
- Author died
- 779 AH
- Editions
- Dār al-Ḥadīth
al-Muqtafa min Sirat al-Mustafa (Following the Biography of the Chosen One) is a work dedicated to the biography and virtues of the Prophet Muhammad by the Syrian historian and scholar Badr al-Din Ibn Habib al-Halabi (710–779 AH / 1310–1377 CE) .
Title and Subject Matter
The work is documented under several slight variations in classical and bibliographical sources. In addition to al-Muqtafa min Sirat al-Mustafa , it is frequently titled al-Muqtafa fi Dhikr Fada'il al-Mustafa (The Traced Path in Mentioning the Virtues of the Chosen One) . Hajji Khalifa notes that the work was also reportedly referred to by the title al-Iqtifa' . The book focuses on the prophetic biography (sira) alongside the special qualities, virtues, and merits (fada'il) of the Prophet Muhammad .
Manuscripts and Publication
Several manuscript copies of the work have survived in library collections:
- A copy preserved in the Damad Ibrahim collection (MS 415), comprising 132 folios and dated to 768 AH .
- A manuscript preserved in the Süleymaniye Library (Laleli collection, MS 2101), consisting of 61 folios; it was copied in 814 AH and collated against the author's autograph original .
- A copy in Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya in Cairo (Ta'rikh 309) .
- A copy held in the Riwaq al-Atrak section of al-Azhar Mosque (Ta'rikh 884) .
The work was edited by Mustafa Muhammad Husayn al-Dhahabi and published in a single volume by Dar al-Hadith in Cairo in 1416 AH / 1996 CE .
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