Şırnak University Journal of Divinity Faculty

Abstract

Tirmidhi's al-Shamā'il al-Nabawiyya has an important place after al-Sunnān. al-Shamā'il means ‘temperament, nature, character, morals’. Tirmidhi's al-Shamā'il is considered the most perfect work written in this field in the historical process. According to the narrations in al-Shamā'il, the physical aspect of the Prophet, his cleanliness, the shape and nature of the clothes he wore, and his attitude towards some of the foods he ate were discussed, and the recognition of the Prophet with the aforementioned aspects constituted the main subject of the article. In general, al-Tirmidhi's ‘al-Shamā'il’ consists of 56 chapters containing 415 narrations about the Prophet's ethics, worship, eating and drinking, sleeping, speaking, laughing, crying, humility, getting along with the people around him and his family, his names, his age, his death, his inheritance, his being seen in dreams, and the importance of following his Sunnah. It is impossible to include all of the Prophet's shamāil within the framework of this work. For this reason, the article does not deal with all the issues related to the Prophet's Shamāil and focuses only on one aspect of it. For this purpose, it is important to classify and understand the hadith narrations in al-Tirmidhi's al-Shamā'il in a healthy way regarding he correct conception of the Prophet. There have been independent studies on the Shamā'il of the Messenger of Allah through al-Tirmidhī's 'al-Shamā'il and many other works of this kind by other authors, but some of these studies have dealt with the subject only in the form of narrations. This article aims to contribute to an accurate understanding of the Prophet's physical aspects through the narrations of shamāil in al-Tirmidhi's work. A correct understanding of the narrations in al-Tirmidhi's al-Shamāil is essential for contributing to a sound knowledge of hadīth and sunnah. For this reason, the main purpose is to draw attention to the relationship between the shamāil and the binding nature of the Prophet's actions. In keeping with the framework of the subject, the narrations in al-Shamā'il related to the conception of the Prophet were identified and selected through a literature review. Textual criticism of hadith narrations based on the Prophet's actions. It is reasonable for a believer to know some of the physical characteristics of the Prophet (pbuh), an important figure whom he looks up to, loves and respects. Recognizing his shamāil features through hadith narrations is essential for continuing and further developing emotional ties. However, to act with the idea that the Prophet's features related to his appearance as a human being, the care and shape of his hair, the kohl on his eyes, the color and shape of the clothes he wore, and the types of food he ate are all the sunnah of the Prophet in a universal sense is tantamount to not understanding the universal nature of his sunnah. In this article, it is also emphasized that confining the Prophet's sunnah to the field of narrations that specifically mention his external appearance is incompatible with the universal reality of the Prophet of Islam, especially in the context of al-Tirmidhi's al-Shamā'il. In addition, this study contributes to a healthy understanding of the Prophet's physical and behavioral image in the context of the narrations in al-Shamā'il. The study also aims to understand the narrations about the physical aspect of the Prophet in the works of the ‘al-Shamā'il’ genre, especially al-Tirmidhi's work, in accordance with the purpose. As a result, the article aims to contribute to the classification and understanding of the hadith narrations in al-Tirmidhi's ‘al-Shamā'il’, which are the subject of the research, in a healthy way, and to the division of the Prophet's sunnah following his actions.