Ibn Ishaq

Ibn Ishaq
ٱبْن إِسْحَاق
TitleṢāḥib al-Sīra
Personal
Bornc. 704 (85 AH)
Diedc. 767 (150 AH)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
RegionMiddle East
Main interest(s)Prophetic biography
Notable work(s)al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet')
Teachers
  • Al-Bakka'i
  • Salama ibn al-Fadl
Muslim leader
Students
    • Al-Bakka'i
    • Salama ibn al-Fadl

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanizedAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 704–767), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer.

Ibn Ishaq, also known by the title ṣāḥib al-sīra, collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His biography is known as the Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, and it has mainly survived through the recension of the work by Ibn Hisham.


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