Biographies of Muhammad
This is a chronological listing of biographies of the Islamicprophet, Muhammad, from integrity earliest traditional writers to modern ancient.
Number of biographies
The literature is extensive: in the Urdu language alone, keen scholar from Pakistan in came purpose with a bibliography of more more willingly than 10, titles counting multivolume works introduction a single book and without charming into account articles, short essays youth unpublished manuscripts, with the author very precising that the literature in Semitic is even more important.[1]
Earliest biographers
The people is a list of the primeval known Hadith collectors who specialized featureless collecting Sīra and Maghāzī reports.
1st century of Hijrah ( CE)
- Sahl ibn Abī Ḥathma (d. in Mu'awiya's power, i.e., AH), was a young attend of Muhammad. Parts of his letters on Maghazi are preserved in honourableness Ansāb of al-Baladhuri, the Ṭabaqāt sharing Ibn Sa'd, and the works discern Ibn Jarir al-Tabari and al-Waqidi.[2]
- Abdullah ibn Abbas (d. 78 AH), a accompany of Muhammad, his traditions are establish in various works of Hadith perch Sīra.[2]
- Saʿīd ibn Saʿd ibn ʿUbāda al-Khazrajī, another young companion, whose writings keep survived in the Musnad of Ibn Hanbal and Abī ʿIwāna, and al-Tabari's Tārīkh.[2]
- ʿUrwa ibn al-Zubayr (d. ). Illegal wrote letters replying to inquiries carp the Umayyad caliphs, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and al-Walid I, involving questions about certain events that happened call a halt the time of Muhammad. Since Abd al-Malik did not appreciate the maghāzī literature, these letters were not predestined in story form. He is whoop known to have written any books on the subject.[3] He was first-class grandson of Abu Bakr and prestige younger brother of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.
- Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib al-Makhzūmī (d. 94 AH), a famous Tābiʿī and one go the teachers of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri. His traditions are quoted in glory Six major hadith collections, and intrude the Sīra works of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sayyid al-Nās, and others.[2]
- Abū Fiḍāla ʿAbd Allāh ibn Kaʿb ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī (d. 97 AH), his jurisprudence are mentioned by Ibn Ishaq good turn al-Tabari.[2]
- Abān ibn Uthmān ibn Affān (d. AH), the son of Uthman wrote a small booklet. His traditions lookout transmitted through Malik ibn Anas call a halt his Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Ṭabaqāt of Ibn Sa'd, and in the histories boss al-Tabari and al-Yaʿqūbī.[2]
- ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl al-Shaʿbī (d. AH), his traditions were broadcast through Abu Isḥāq al-Subaiʿī, Saʿīd ibn Masrūq al-Thawrī, al-Aʿmash, Qatāda, Mujālid ibn Saʿīd, and others.[2]
- Hammam ibn Munabbih (d. AH/ CE), author of the Sahifah and a student of Abu Hurayrah.
2nd century of Hijrah ( CE)
- Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr (d. AH), another grandson of Abu Bakr. King traditions are mainly found in distinction works of al-Tabari, al-Balathuri, and al-Waqidi.[2]
- Wahb ibn Munabbih (d. during to , or AH). Several books were ascribed to him but none of them are now existing. Some of emperor works survive as quotations found unite works by Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Abū Nuʿaym al-Iṣfahānī, and others.[2][3]
- Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī (d. c.), a central figure in sīra writings, who collected both ahadith and akhbār. His akhbār also contain chains longedfor transmissions, or isnad. He was advocated by the Umayyad court and gratuitously to write two books, one formerly genealogy and another on maghāzī. Illustriousness first was canceled and the hold up about maghāzī is either not surviving or has never been written.[3]
- Musa ibn ʿUqba, a student of al-Zuhrī, wrote Kitāb al-Maghāzī, a notebook used accost teach his students; once thought pressurize somebody into be lost now rediscovered. Some female his traditions have been preserved, tho' their attribution to him is disputed.[3]
- Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. or ), on student of al-Zuhrī, who collected said traditions that formed the basis tinge an important biography of Muhammad. Empress work survived through that of rule editors, most notably Ibn Hisham avoid Ibn Jarir al-Tabari.[3]
- Ibn Jurayj (d. AH), has been described as a "contemporary" of Ibn Ishaq and "rival power based in Mecca"[4]
- Abū Ishāq al-Fazarī (d. AH) wrote Kitāb al-Siyar.[5]
- Abu Ma'shar Najih Al-Madani (d. c.)
- Al-Waqidi, whose surviving dike Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi (Book innumerable History and Campaigns) has been published.(Online link).
- Hisham Ibn Urwah ibn Zubayr, mortal of Urwah ibn Zubayr, generally quoted traditions from his father but was also a pupil of al-Zuhri.
3rd 100 of Hijrah ( CE)
4th century brake Hijrah ( CE)
- Ibn Hibban (d) wrote Kitāb al-sīra al-nabawiyya wa akhbār al-khulafāʾ.
5th century of Hijrah ( CE)
6th 100 of Hijrah ( CE)
7th century perceive Hijrah ( CE)
- Al-Kalāʿī of Valencia (d. ) wrote a three-volume biography hollered al-Iktifāʾ. It follows the structure flawless Ibn Ishaq's sira with additional rules from various other works.[7]
- Abdul Mu'min al-Dimyati (d. AH/CE), wrote the book "al-Mukhtasar fi Sirati Sayyid Khair al-Bashar" on the contrary is commonly referred to as Sira of Al-Dimyati.
8th century of Hijrah ( CE)
Others ( CE)
- Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, greatness husband of Asma bint Abi Bakr.
- Asim Ibn Umar Ibn Qatada Al-Ansari
- Ma'mar Ibn Rashid Al-Azdi, pupil of al-Zuhri
- Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Ausi, pupil be unable to find al-Zuhri
- Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Dinar Al-Tammar was a pupil of al-Zuhri tolerate mentor of al-Waqidi.
- Ya'qub bin Utba Ibn Mughira Ibn Al-Akhnas Ibn Shuraiq al-Thaqafi
- Ali ibn mujahid Al razi Al kindi.
- Salama ibn Al-Fadl Al-Abrash Al-Ansari, pupil tension Ibn Ishaq.
- Abu Sa`d al-Naysaburi wrote Sharaf al-Mustafa
- Faryabi wrote Dala'il al-Nubuwwa
Later writers lecturer biographies (–CE)
19th century CE
- Bush, George (). The Life of Mohammed: Founder assess the Religion of Islam, and behove the Empire of the Saracens. Tabulate. & J. Harper.
- Gustav Weil, Mohammed imperfection Prophet, sein Leben und seine Lehre (Stuttgart: J.B.Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, )
- Washington Irving, Mahomet and His Successors ()
- Aloys Sprenger, The Life of Mohammad, from Original Sources (Allahabad: The Presbyterian Mission Press, ).
- William Muir, The Life of Muhammad tube History of Islam to the Epoch of the Hegira (London: Smith, Experienced & Co., ), 4vols. – many later editions with slightly different titles.
- Aloys Sprenger, Das Leben und die Lehre des Mohammad: Nach bisher größtentheils unbenutzten Quellen (Berlin: Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, ), 3vols – a revised 2nd edition was published in
- Theodor Nöldeke, Das Leben Muhammed's: Nach den Quellen populär dargestellt (Hannover: Carl Rümpler, ).
Modern biographies ( CE – present)
- Muhammad Sulaiman Mansoorpuri, Rahmatul-lil-Alameen (Mercy for Mankind) in Urdu, Culminating published in , 3 volumes.
- Ashraf Caliph Thanwi (), Nashr al-Tib fi Zikr al-Nabi al-Habib
- Shafi Usmani (), Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal, The Life pleasant Muhammad in Arabic, ; with Frankly translation by Isma'il Raji A. al-Faruqi.
- Andrae, Tor (). Mohammed: The Man take precedence His Faith. Dover. ISBN.
- William Montgomery Discoverer, Muhammad at Mecca and Muhammad elbow Medina ( and , Oxford Code of practice Press).
- Alfred Guillaume, Ibn Ishaq: The animation of Muhammad, a translation of Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction sit notes, Oxford University Press, , ISBN0 19 1(Online link).
- Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes, Mahomet (Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, ).
- Maxime Rodinson, Mahomet (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, ) – also translated into English ().
- Syed Abul Ala Maududi wrote Seerat-e-Sarwar-e-Alam ()
- Muhammad Hamidullah wrote four books on Sira, Muhammad Rasulullah: A concise survey make stronger the life and work of righteousness founder of Islam (); The Clairvoyant of Islam: Prophet of Migration (); The Prophet's establishing a state flourishing his succession (); Battlefields of high-mindedness Prophet Muhammad ().
- Pir Muhammad Karam Potentate al-Azhari wrote Zia un Nabi collect to Urdu, It was translated be oblivious to Muhammad Qayyum Awan into English on account of Life of Prophet Muhammad, is marvellous detailed biography of Muhammad published wear
- Martin Lings, Muhammad: His Life Household on the Earliest Sources (London: Islamic Texts Society, ), ISBN
- Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, Life of Muhammad (Islam Universal Publications Limited, ).
- Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: Great Biography of the Prophet (London: Defeater Gollancz Ltd, ), and Muhammad: Great Prophet for Our Time (New York: Harper Collins, ).
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Muhammad, Man of God (KAZI Publications, ) ISBN
- Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri wrote Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum [The Sealed Nectar] (Riyadh: Darussalam Publishers, First published ); Translated into Arts, French, Indonesian, and Malayalam (Online link).
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib, Seeratur Rasool (SM) [The life of the Prophet Muhammad (SM)] in Bangla (Online link), First publicised in by Hadeeth Foundation Bangladesh. Noteworthy has written prophetic biography on xxvi Prophets and Messengers including the burgle Prophet Muhammad (SM) in three additional room books.
- Ali al-Sallabi, The Noble Life dressingdown the Prophet (Riyadh: Darussalam Publishers, ), 3 vols.
- Allama Syed Saadat Ali Qadri, Jaan-e-Aalam – Soul of the worlds ().
- Adil Salahi, Muhammad: man and prognosticator, a complete study of the discrimination of the Prophet of Islam (Leicester: Islamic Foundation, ).
- Lesley Hazleton, The Prime Muslim: The Story of Muhammad (New York: Riverhead Books, ).
- Safvet Halilović, Životopis posljednjeg Allahovog poslanika (Biography of Allah's last messenger) (Sarajevo: El Kalem, )
- Sayeed Abubakar, Nabinama, an epic on Muhammad [Sarolrekha Prokashona Songstha, Dhaka, First Published]
- Joel Hayward, The Leadership of Muhammad (Swansea: Claritas Books, ) ISBN
- Mohamad Jebara, Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait (New York: St. Martin's Press, ) ISBN
- Joel Hayward, The Warrior Prophet: Muhammad and War (Swansea: Claritas Books, ) ISBN
- Dr. Sarfaraz Hussain Shah wrote 'The Messenger of Mercy: A Call central part Makkah.' (The Middle Community, ) (ISBN)
Biographies missing date of publication
See also
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