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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Predicate Object
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
surface form: 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 Muhammad
surface form: Prophet 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 Ishaq
surface form: Ibn Hisham

Al-Tabari
surface form: al-Tabari

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Islamic biographical literature (sira) hasNotableWork Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
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Islamic biographical literature (sira) hasNotableWork Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Sira of Ibn Hisham
Banu Mustaliq historicalSource Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah
Siege of Banu Qurayza primarySources Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah
Battle of Khaybar primarySource Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Sirat Rasul Allah (Prophetic biography)
Expulsion of Banu Nadir from Medina describedBySource Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah
Banu Qurayzah mentionedIn Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
this entity surface form: Sirat Rasul Allah (Ibn Ishaq)