Ilm✦Seerah
Two series openStudied from the classical sources, entry by entry. Al-Maghāzī follows the campaigns from Badr to Tabuk; Ash-Shamā'il sits with the man himself — his appearance, his character, his days. Where the sources differ, we say so.
Each campaign with its dates in both calendars, the Qur’ānic passages revealed in connection with it, and the lessons the scholars have drawn.
Entry 1 · Ramadan 2 AH
Friday, 17 Ramadan 2 AH · March 624 CE
A little over three hundred believers met an army of Quraysh nearly a thousand strong at the wells of Badr — and the Qur’ān named the day Yawm al-Furqān, the Day of the Criterion. The consultation, the wells, the night of prayer, the victory, and the mercy shown to the captives.
Read the full study →His appearance, character and daily life, chapter by chapter from al-Tirmidhi's al-Shamā'il al-Muḥammadiyyah and the sahih collections — the series to read at home, and to love him by.
Entry 1 · Ash-Shamā'il
His appearance, in the words of those who saw him
Asked whether his face was like a sword, al-Bara' answered: no — like the moon. The agreed descriptions of his form, his face, his hands and his bearing, the Seal of Prophethood, and the fuller portraits the ummah has studied for fourteen centuries.
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