Binte Shate’s Seerah (﴿ﷺ﴾) Writing and An Analysis of her book “Ma’al Mustafa”

بنت شاطئ کی سیرتِ نبوی﴿ﷺ﴾ پر تحریرات اور ان کی کتاب"مع المصطفیٰ" کا تحقیقی جائزہ

Abstract

The Theoretical form of Islam is the Holy Quran and the applied form is the Life of the Holy Prophet which is called Seerat-un-Nabi (﴿ﷺ﴾). Allah mentioned the different aspects of the Holy Prophet (SAW) in the Holy Qruan and said that (we) have raised high for you your repute. In different ages many scholars wrote on the life of the including Muslims and Non Muslims. Females also contributed in this field. Binte Shate’ is one of the renowned Egyptian Scholars. Her full name was Ayesha Daughter of Abdur Rahman but is famous with the name of Binte Shate’. Her father was a Professor in Al-Azhar university in Egypt that is why she was brought up in a scholastic environment. She was born in Dimyat a village in Egypt. She was the first Professor of Al-Azhar University. She married with Amin Al-Khawli who was her teacher and a Professor in Al-Azhar University. She was a historian, journalist, a scholar of the Holy Quran and Hadith. She was, at a time, an expert in Exegesis of the Holy Quran, Seerat writing, poetry, Arabic literature and history and about in her forty years scholastic age she wrote many books including the Exegesis of the Holy Qruan. She wrote a book “Ma’al Mustafa” about MUHAMMAD (SAW) which shows her scholastic views and approach. In this research paper we will present an analysis of her views, style and the stuff she presents on the topic.