The Sira of Ibn Ishaq in Ibn Hisham's recension
سيرة ابن إسحاق برواية ابن هشام
The earliest surviving continuous biography of the Prophet; composed by Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. 151 AH) and abridged/recast by Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham (d. 213 or 218 AH) — the text known as Ibn Hisham's Sira.
At a glance
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
ProphetsHistory-writing and social thoughtScripture and its sciences
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Connections
- Wrote in
- Arabic
People and things also explored
The pause of revelation (Fatra)The first revelationTarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk (The History of Prophets and Kings)Command, prohibition and capacityBid'a (religious innovation)Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearingThe Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Sira of Ibn Ishaq in Ibn Hisham's recension”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/sira-ibn-ishaq-ibn-hisham/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.