Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Ishaq | |
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ٱبْن إِسْحَاق | |
| Title | Ṣāḥib al-Sīra |
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| Born | 80 AH (699/700CE) |
| Died | 151 AH (768/769CE) |
| Era | Umayyad and Abbasid |
| Main interest(s) | Prophetic biography |
| Notable work(s) | al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet') |
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| Religion | Islam |
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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 80 AH (699/700CE)– 151 AH (768/769CE), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who 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 several recensions.