Abū Al-Faraj İbn Al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) and his work el-Vefâ bi-Fezâ'ili'l-Mustafâ

Abū al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī lived and died in Baghdad, which was a scientific and cultural basin during the reign of the Abbāsīds, between 510-1116/597-1201. The influence of Ibn al-Jawzī's works, which has produced outstanding works by educating himself in many branches of science such as tafsīr, hadith, fiqh, creed, sīrah and history, continues its effect from the date it was written to the present day. In this study, al-Wafā bi-fadâ'il al-Mustafā written by Ibn al-Jawzī, who compiled the life of the Prophet together with the information corresponding to the issues of dalāil, shamāil and hasāis by feeding from around fifty sources, will be introduced together with its author. And also al-Wafā will be examined in terms of its sources, sourcing method, its effect on the Islamic history and sīrah. Keywords: Abū al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Wafā bi-fadâ'il al-Mustafā, sīrah, Islamic History.