The Salutation upon the Best of Creation: Commentary on the Prayer of 'Abd Al-Salam Ibn Mashish - Ahmad Ibn Ajiba Al-Hasani

The edition before you presents Ibn 'Ajiba's (1747-1809) commentary on the great gnostic ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Mashīsh al-ʻAlamī's (1211-1294) celebrated salutation, or taṣliyah, upon the Prophet of Islam. The salutation, commonly known as As-Salat al-Mashishiyah ("The Prayer of Ibn Mashish"), is a seminal piece of literature read throughout the Muslim world. Prayers upon the Prophet were initiated by God (Qur'an 33:56), instructed by the Prophet himself, and dutifully carried out by illustrious generations since the Prophetic companions.