The Way of the Prophet

The Prophet Muhammad embodies the religion, he is the model that every Muslim must follow; Allah said: "You have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent model to follow" and he says: "Whoever obeys the Messenger thereby obeys Allah". This means that every moment of the life of the Prophet saw, since he received the Revelation until his death, is a living commentary on the word of Allah and it has a paradigmatic and normative character, whether it is dogma, worship practices (prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, dhikr, etc.), laws, or others. This also applies to his most humble and intimate activities. From there, one understands the need of the servants to know the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad saw) and the message that he brought, because one can know in detail the good and the bad only by him. The necessary need of the Envoy exceeds all other needs. Since happiness depends on his path, it is up to anyone who aspires to the salvation of his soul to know his path, his mode of conduct and his values ​​in order to extricate himself from the circle of the ignorant.

Among the best books that have described moments in the life of the Prophet saw and his directives in matters of faith, ethics and politics, there is the book - zâd al ma'âd - of the famous Imam Ibn Al Qayyim. This work in several volumes occupies an eminent place among the reference works constituting our cultural heritage. Not only is its author unavoidable, but its one-volume summary is made by the famous scholar, the shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abde Wahhab. We have taken care to present the latter to Muslims in general and to students of religious sciences in particular, in an edition accompanied by explanatory notes. It is the translation of this exceptional work that we present to our dear readers.