Sirat Rasul Allah

Sirat Rasul Allah (سيرة رسول الله Life of the Messenger of Allah) is the Arabic term used for the biographies of Muhammad. Together the sirat and the hadith constitute the sunnah (way‎/example) of the prophet which is an integral part of Islam, forming the basis of many Islamic practices and laws, including the Five Pillars.

Muḥammad ibn Isḥaq ibn Yasār (more commonly known simply as Ibn Ishaq)(704-770 AD) was an Arab Muslim historian from Medina, responsible for the Sirat Rasul Allah, a collection of hadith that is arranged in chronological order, forming the earliest and most accurate biography of Muhammad. This, along with the Qur'an and hadith, are sometimes referred to as the Trilogy of Islam, as all major doctrines are found within these three texts.

Isḥaq's work has survived through that of his editors, most notably Ibn Hisham and Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and although it is disliked by a minority of Muslims who are embarrassed by its somewhat candor telling of Muhammad's life, the majority of Islamic scholars, past and present, approve of Ibn Ishaq's sira, and those of Ibn Hisham, Tabari, and Ibn Saa'd.

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See Also

• Qur'an Only Islam - Why it is Not Possible/ Five Pillars of Islam

Translations

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Downloads

• Sirat Rasoul Allah - The earliest biography of Muhammad, by ibn Ishaq, translated by A. Guillaume
• The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion - Free PDF version of Robert Spencer's best-seller

External Links

• Sirat Rasoul Allah - An abridged version of the earliest biography of Muhammad, by ibn Ishaq
• Sirat rasool Allah, is it necesary? - An informative forum discussion