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__NOTOC__{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=1|Content=2|Language=2|References=2}}'''Sirat Rasul Allah''' (<small>Arabic: سيرة رسول الله, Romanization: ''Sīrat Rasūl-Allāh,'' Abv: ''Sirat''</small>), or simply the Sira (Arabic: سيرة) in English the '''Biography of the Prophet of Allah''', refers to the collected biographies of [[Muhammad]]. It is also the title of one of the most important early Siras, namely that of Ibn Ishaq. In addition to the [[hadith]] (oral account of [[Muhammad]]'s statements and actions), the Siras provides an integral foundation to the [[sunnah]] (example, customs, and practices) set forth by [[Muhammad]]. Throughout Islamic history, the Siras and [[Sunnah]] have established the foundation of much of [[Islamic Law|Islamic Law (Shariah)]] and [[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)|Jurisprudence (Fiqh)]], including but not limited to the [[Five Pillars of Islam|Five Pillars of Islam]], societal code, and dietary standards. | __NOTOC__{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=1|Content=2|Language=2|References=2}}'''Sirat Rasul Allah''' (<small>Arabic: سيرة رسول الله, Romanization: ''Sīrat Rasūl-Allāh,'' Abv: ''Sirat''</small>), or simply the Sira (Arabic: سيرة) in English the '''Biography of the Prophet of Allah''', refers to the collected biographies of [[Muhammad]]. It is also the title of one of the most important early Siras, namely that of Ibn Ishaq. In addition to the [[hadith]] (oral account of [[Muhammad]]'s statements and actions), the Siras provides an integral foundation to the [[sunnah]] (example, customs, and practices) set forth by [[Muhammad]]. Throughout Islamic history, the Siras and [[Sunnah]] have established the foundation of much of [[Islamic Law|Islamic Law (Shariah)]] and [[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)|Jurisprudence (Fiqh)]], including but not limited to the [[Five Pillars of Islam|Five Pillars of Islam]], societal code, and dietary standards. | ||
The sira literature finds its origins in the earlier literature of qisas (tales) and maghaazi (raids). The early maghaazi literature includes the Maghazi of ibn Ishaq and the maghaazi of Ma'mar bin Rashid. These eary, fragmentary sources contained individual stories of the prophet's adventures and military expiditions. These forms eventually evolved into the sira literature, which inter alia form the basis much later Quranic [[Tafsir]]. The sira stories around the revelation of the Qur'an, though, are often midrashic fantasy: that is to say, they rather than being an accurate retelling of the circumstances of revelation, these stories seem to have been fabricated to explain certain otherwise opaque verses in the Qur'an <ref name="Gibb 1993 p. ">{{cite book | last=Gibb | first=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen | title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam Mif - Naz Vol. 7 | publication-place=Leiden | date=1993 | isbn=90-04-09419-9 | page=692}}</ref>. | The sira literature finds its origins in the earlier literature of qisas (tales) and maghaazi (raids). The early maghaazi literature includes the Maghazi of ibn Ishaq and the maghaazi of Ma'mar bin Rashid. These eary, fragmentary sources contained individual stories of the prophet's adventures and military expiditions. These forms eventually evolved into the sira literature, which inter alia form the basis much later Quranic [[Tafsir]]. The sira stories around the revelation of the Qur'an, though, are often midrashic fantasy: that is to say, they rather than being an accurate retelling of the circumstances of revelation, these stories seem to have been fabricated to explain certain otherwise opaque verses in the Qur'an <ref name="Gibb 1993 p.692 ">{{cite book | last=Gibb | first=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen | title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam Mif - Naz Vol. 7 | publication-place=Leiden | date=1993 | isbn=90-04-09419-9 | page=692}}</ref>. | ||
After the maghaazi literature of ibn Ishaq and Ma'mar bin Rashid, the Kitaab al-Maghaazi of Waqidi and the Tabaqat of ibn Sa'd. Later sirahs tend to be rehashings of these sirahs. Of all of the sira collections, the sira of ibn Ishaq, in the recension of ibn Hisham, was the most cited and used <ref name="Gibb 1993 p. ">{{cite book | last=Gibb | first=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen | title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam Mif - Naz Vol. 7 | publication-place=Leiden | date=1993 | isbn=90-04-09419-9 | page=693}}</ref>. | After the maghaazi literature of ibn Ishaq and Ma'mar bin Rashid, the Kitaab al-Maghaazi of Waqidi and the Tabaqat of ibn Sa'd. Later sirahs tend to be rehashings of these sirahs. Of all of the sira collections, the sira of ibn Ishaq, in the recension of ibn Hisham, was the most cited and used <ref name="Gibb 1993 p.693 ">{{cite book | last=Gibb | first=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen | title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam Mif - Naz Vol. 7 | publication-place=Leiden | date=1993 | isbn=90-04-09419-9 | page=693}}</ref>. | ||
==Sira of ibn Ishaq== | ==Sira of ibn Ishaq== | ||