Muslim World League Sira Competition

مسابقة رابطة العالم الإسلامي في السيرة النبوية

A worldwide competition for writing the Prophet ﷺ's biography, announced by the Muslim World League at a conference in Pakistan in 1396 AH, with results announced in Shaban 1398 AH and prizes handed over at the League's conference in Mecca in 1399 AH (1979); 171 studies were entered, and al-Raheeq al-Makhtum took first place.

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Kind
Competition prize
Awarded by
Muslim World League
Since
1976 CE · 1396 AH – 1979 CE · 1399 AH
By country
Saudi Arabia

Honoured1

YearWhoResultCategory
1979Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)Won

Summary

A worldwide competition for writing the Prophet's biography, announced by the Muslim World League at one of its conferences in Pakistan in 1396 AH; writers from many countries took part. 1 2

How it ran

171 studies were submitted; the results were announced in Shaban 1398 AH, and the prizes were handed over at the League's conference in Mecca in 1399 AH (1979), the secretariat undertaking to print the winning studies and publish them in several languages. 1 The English article gives the first prize as 50,000 riyals. 2

Winners in the museum

First place went to [[work/ar-rahiq-al-makhtum|al-Raheeq al-Makhtum]] by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri. 1

References

  • Arabic Wikipedia, «الرحيق المختوم (كتاب)», revision 76191490. 1
  • English Wikipedia, "Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum", revision 1379913395. 2

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Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)

People and things also explored

Muhammad· Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum (book) — Arabic Wikipedia
  2. Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum — English Wikipedia
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