Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah

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Ibn Ishaq’s *Sirat Rasul Allah* is one of the earliest and most influential biographies of the Prophet Muhammad, forming a foundational source for later Islamic historiography and prophetic traditions.

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instanceOf Islamic historical source ⓘ
biographical work ⓘ
sira ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate c. 760 CE ⓘ
author Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
circulation early Abbasid period ⓘ
culturalImpact shaped Muslim understanding of Muhammad’s life ⓘ
field Islamic studies ⓘ
focusesOn Medinan period of Muhammad’s life ⓘ
battles of the early Muslim community ⓘ
early Meccan period of Islam ⓘ
genealogy of Muhammad ⓘ
life of Muhammad ⓘ
revelation and prophetic mission ⓘ
genre prophetic biography ⓘ
sira literature ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the earliest surviving biographies of Muhammad ⓘ
importance foundational source for later hadith and maghazi traditions ⓘ
foundational source for later sira literature ⓘ
includes accounts of Muhammad’s birth ⓘ
accounts of major battles such as Badr and Uhud ⓘ
accounts of pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
accounts of the Hijra to Medina ⓘ
lists of companions and genealogies ⓘ
influenced Ibn Hisham’s recension of the sira ⓘ
al-Tabari’s historical writings ⓘ
later Islamic historiography ⓘ
later prophetic biographies ⓘ
knownThrough Ibn Hisham’s edited version ⓘ
quotations in al-Tabari’s history ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
placeOfComposition early Islamic world ⓘ
preservationStatus survives mainly through later recensions ⓘ
religiousFunction modeling the prophetic example (sunna) ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
scholarlyDebate questions of authenticity and editorial changes ⓘ
sourceFor biographical details of Muhammad ⓘ
context of Quranic revelations ⓘ
early Islamic history ⓘ
early Muslim community traditions ⓘ
structure narrative of Muhammad’s life from pre-Islamic times to his death ⓘ
timePeriod 8th century ⓘ
titleMeaning Life of the Messenger of God ⓘ
transmissionForm oral reports ⓘ
written compilation ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Ibn Hisham ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq

al-Tabari ⓘ
linked to: Al-Tabari

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Aminah bint Wahb → sourceMention → Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira → basedOn → Ibn Ishaq’s Sira ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Islamic biographical literature (sira) → hasNotableWork → Sira of Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Islamic biographical literature (sira) → hasNotableWork → Sira of Ibn Hisham ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Banu Mustaliq → historicalSource → Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Siege of Banu Qurayza → primarySources → Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Battle of Khaybar → primarySource → Sirat Rasul Allah (Prophetic biography) ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Expulsion of Banu Nadir from Medina → describedBySource → Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Banu Qurayzah → mentionedIn → Sirat Rasul Allah (Ibn Ishaq) ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Ibn Ishaq → notableWork → Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Life of the Messenger of God → originalTitle → Sīrat Rasūl Allāh ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Expedition of al-Ushayra → primarySource → Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
subject linked to: expedition of al-Ushayra
burial of Aminah bint Wahb → isDescribedIn → Ibn Ishaq’s biography of Muhammad (via later recensions) ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Banu Mustaliq campaign → primarySource → Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
عام الحزن → مذكور_في → سيرة ابن هشام ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
Muhammad’s journey to Taif → narratedIn → Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ
Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya → influencedBy → Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah ⓘ