AHMAD VON DENFFER was born in Germany in 1949. He studied Islamic and Social Anthropology at the University of Mainz. He joined The Islamic Foundation as Research Fellow in 1978. He is currently working with the Islamic Centre, Munich, Germany. His other publications include: Der Koran (New translation of the Qur'an in German Language), Literature on Hadith in European Languages: A Bibliography and a German translation of Nawawi's Forty Hadith and Islam for Children.

A DAY WITH THE PROPHET is a short but comprehensive guide for anyone who would like to know about the Prophet's (blessings of Allah and peace be upon him) daily life. It invites Muslims and non-Muslims to acquaint themselves with the Prophet's Sunna and inspires them to follow it with sincerity and devotion. The ahadith have been selected from well-known collections of hadith - literature to present a composite picture of the life of the Prophet described in the Qur'an as the 'best model'.

THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION is an educational and research organization devoted to making Islam a living reality in our age. For this purpose, it aims to improve human communication and develop a better understanding of Islam among all people of the world, Muslim and non-Muslim, so as to galvanize man to the message and ideal of One God and the unity of mankind, as brought by all the Prophets of God throughout the ages, last of whom was the Prophet Muhammad (blessings of Allah and peace be on him). The Foundation has research units in Islamic Economics, Christian-Muslim Relations, and Literature for Children. Its regular publications include Muslim World Book Review containing an Index of Islamic Literature (quarterly), Encounters: Journal of Inter-Cultural Perspectives (bi-annually) and Review of Islamic Economics (bi-annually). Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, UK, a subsidiary of the Foundation, awards MN MPhill Ph.D degrees, Post-Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Islamic Studies in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, UK.