Research Catalog

Title

The path of Muhammad : a book on Islamic morals and ethics = Al-Tariqah al-Muhammadiyyah ; and, the last will and testament = Vasiyyetname / by Imam Birgivi ; interpreted by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti ; foreword by Shaykh Abdul Mabud ; introduction by Vincent J. Cornell.

Author

Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, approximately 1522-1573.

Publication

Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bayrak, Tosun.

Description

xv, 351 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This is the first complete translation and interpretation of The Path of Muhammad: A Book on Islamic Morals and Ethics (al-Tariqah al-Muhammadiyyah), composed in the 16th century by the Sufi scholar Imam Birgivi, and still in use today as an Arabic text in many of the most important universities in the Islamic world. By invoking traditional sources, this work portrays the beauty and depth of the Prophet Muhammad's character, providing an example for all Muslims to follow. And because these virtues are universal and pertain to all people, this book offers essential wisdom to all believers." "Also included in this book is The Last Will and Testament (Vasiyyetname) of Imam Birgivi, a summary of his life's teachings."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Spiritual classics series

Uniform Title

• Ṭarīqah al-Muḥammadīyah
• Library of perennial philosophy. Spiritual classics series.

Alternative Title

Ṭarīqah al-Muḥammadīyah

Subject

• Religious life > Islam
• Muslims > Conduct of life
• Islamic ethics

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The last will and testament -- The path of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) -- 1. On holding firm to the holy book and the traditions of the Prophet -- 2. On pernicious innovations -- 3. On economy in deeds -- 4. Belief in the religion brought by the Prophet -- 5. On knowledge -- 6. On righteousness -- 7. On the denial of God -- 8. On self-indulgence and blind imitation -- 9. On sanctimony and hypocrisy -- 10. On ambition -- 11. On identifying evil -- 12. On arrogance and humility -- 13. On envy -- 14. On anger -- 15. On forbearance -- 16. Relating to the goods of this world: avarice, wastefulness, generosity, detachment -- 17. On money: how to use it and not waste it -- 18. On careless haste -- 19. On hopelessness -- 20. The use of the tongue -- 21. On listening -- 22. On looking -- 23. On touching -- 24. On eating and drinking -- 25. On sex -- 26. On coming and going -- 27. Other private and social offenses to be avoided -- Afterword / Shaykh Tosun Bayrak.

ISBN

0941532682 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004028733

OCLC

• 57193040
• SCSB-10521616

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library