Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira

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Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira is a refined and edited version of Ibn Ishaq’s early biography of the Prophet Muhammad, serving as one of the most important and widely used classical sources on his life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic prophetic biography
biographical work
classical Arabic text
associatedWith early Islamic historiography
author Ibn Ishaq
surface form: Ibn Hisham
basedOn Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
surface form: Ibn Ishaq’s Sira
circulationRegion Muslim world
completionApproximateDate 9th century CE
contains chains of transmission (isnads)
covers Hijra (migration to Medina)
Meccan period of Muhammad’s life
Medinan period of Muhammad’s life
early Muslim community in Medina
military campaigns of Muhammad
pre-Islamic Arabia
editorialRoleOfAuthor abridged Ibn Ishaq’s material
added explanatory comments
removed reports considered weak or objectionable
reorganized Ibn Ishaq’s narrative
focusesOn life of Muhammad
genre Sira (prophetic biography)
hasModernEditions critical Arabic editions
hasTranslations English translations
other European language translations
importance key source for modern academic studies of Muhammad
major classical source for the life of Muhammad
widely used in Islamic historiography
includes accounts of miracles attributed to Muhammad
accounts of revelation
genealogies of Muhammad
poetry
influenced later Islamic historical chronicles
later Sira literature
language Arabic
mainSubject Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
preservationStatus survives in full
relationToIbnIshaq earliest extensive witness to Ibn Ishaq’s Sira
religiousTradition Islam
scholarlyDebate extent of Ibn Hisham’s alterations to Ibn Ishaq
scholarlyUse source for reconstructing Ibn Ishaq’s lost original
structure narrative chronological account
timePeriod early Abbasid period
transmission preserves much of Ibn Ishaq’s original Sira
usedBy Muslim scholars
Western historians of early Islam

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Aminah bint Wahb sourceMention Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah influenced Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham’s recension of the sira
Siege of Banu Qurayza primarySources Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham's recension of Ibn Ishaq
Expulsion of Banu Nadir from Medina describedBySource Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira
this entity surface form: Ibn Hisham's recension of the Sira