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 Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
hasNotableAuthor Ibn Ishaq
surface form: Ibn Hisham

Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Sa'd
al-Waqidi
hasNotableWork Maghazi of al-Waqidi
Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
surface form: Sira of Ibn Hisham

Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
surface form: 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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Abdullah ibn Muhammad mentionedIn Islamic biographical literature (sira)
Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad mentionedIn Islamic biographical literature (sira)
this entity surface form: Sirah literature
Uhud Martyrs Cemetery linkedTo Islamic biographical literature (sira)
this entity surface form: Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad
Year of Sorrow mentionedIn Islamic biographical literature (sira)
this entity surface form: Islamic biographical literature (Sira)