Bidayat as-Sul Fi Tafdil ar-Rasul

The Beginning of the Quest for the High Esteem of the Messenger Sallahu alayhi Wasalam

Bidayat as-Sul fī Tafḍīl ar-Rasūl (The Beginning of the Quest for the High Esteem of the Messenger) is a concise work that succinctly outlines forty distinctive virtues and characteristics of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace).

The author, Imām ʿIzz ibn ʿAbd al-Salām, known as the Sultan of Scholars, produced numerous brilliant works across a range of disciplines, including Shāfiʿī jurisprudence, Qur’ānic exegesis, the methodological fundamentals of sacred law, formal legal opinion (fatwā), governance, and Sufism. Among his masterpieces is Qawāʿid al-Aḥkām fī Maṣāliḥ al-Anām (The Bases of Legal Rulings in the Interests of Mankind), which remains a foundational reference in Islamic legal theory.