Shaykh Izzudeen Abdul-Aziz bin Abdus-Salam (578-660 AH)

A collection of 105 fatawa (legal opinions) by Shaykh Izzudeen Abdul-Aziz bin Abdus-Salam (578-660 AH). These are in response to the questions sent to the Imam by Shaikh Shamsuddin Abdul Raheem (d. 654 AH) who was a khateeb in Mawsil. Hence the name.

Bidayat as-sul fi Tafdil ar-Rasul (The Beginning of the Quest for the High Esteem of the Messenger) is a concise work summarising succinctly forty distinctive virtues and characteristics of the Messenger of Allâh (Allah bless him and give him peace)

Translated by Aisha Bewley.

The Author Imam 'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam, nicknamed the Sultan of Scholars, produced a number of brilliant works in Shafi'i jurisprudence, Qur’anic exegesis, methodological fundamentals of Sacred Law, formal legal opinion, government, and Sufism, and a masterpiece on Islamic legal principles, Qawa'id al-ahkam fi masalih al-anam [The Bases of Legal Rulings in the Interests of Mankind].

Research by Dr. Nazia Kamal Hammad and Dr. Uthman Jumuah Zamiriah.

Sheikh Izzuddin was the great Shafii scholar and reformer who was instrumental in inspiring Sultan Baibers to move on and turn back the Mongol tide. This is his tafsir.