Islamic biographical literature (sira)

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Islamic biographical literature (sira) is a genre of early Muslim historical writing that narrates the life, character, and activities of the Prophet Muhammad and his contemporaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic literary genre ⓘ
biographical literature ⓘ
historical writing ⓘ
describes activities of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
character of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
companions of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
early Muslim community ⓘ
life of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
developedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
evaluatedBy hadith criticism principles ⓘ
hasMainSubject Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
hasNotableAuthor Ibn Hisham ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ishaq

Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
Ibn Sa'd ⓘ
al-Waqidi ⓘ
hasNotableWork Maghazi of al-Waqidi ⓘ
Sira of Ibn Hisham ⓘ
Sira of Ibn Ishaq ⓘ
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
includes Medinan community formation ⓘ
accounts of battles ⓘ
accounts of prophetic miracles ⓘ
accounts of revelation ⓘ
death of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
descriptions of pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
genealogical information ⓘ
migration (Hijra) narratives ⓘ
treaties and letters ⓘ
influenced Islamic popular storytelling about Muhammad ⓘ
later prophetic biographies in Islam ⓘ
medieval Christian and Jewish writings on Muhammad ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
methodologicalFeature combination of oral and written sources ⓘ
integration of historical and devotional elements ⓘ
use of isnad chains ⓘ
modernStudyField Islamic studies ⓘ
Middle Eastern history ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
primaryFunction didactic religious instruction ⓘ
moral exemplification ⓘ
preservation of prophetic biography ⓘ
relatedTo Islamic historiography ⓘ
hadith literature ⓘ
tafsir literature ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
sourceFor Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic ritual practice ⓘ
chronology of Muhammad's life ⓘ
context of Quranic revelations ⓘ
early Islamic law ⓘ
usedBy Islamic jurists ⓘ
Muslim historians ⓘ
Quran commentators ⓘ
modern scholars of Islam ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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Abdullah ibn Muhammad → mentionedIn → Islamic biographical literature (sira) ⓘ
Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad → mentionedIn → Sirah literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Uhud Martyrs Cemetery → linkedTo → Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Year of Sorrow → mentionedIn → Islamic biographical literature (Sira) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
On the Path of the Beloved (Ala Khuta al-Habib) → genre → Seerah (biography of the Prophet Muhammad) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Ancestors of Muhammad → documentedIn → Sira literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Muhammad’s military campaigns → documentedIn → sira literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir → mentionedIn → Islamic biographical literature (sīra) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Rayhana bint Zayd → mentionedIn → Islamic biographical literature (sira) ⓘ
Pledge of Ridwan → historicalSource → Sirah (biographical works on Muhammad) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Jayda al-Sindiyya → knownFrom → IslamicBiographicalTradition ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Tibb al-Nabawi → usesSource → Sira literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic biographical literature (sira)