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Ibn Ishaq

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Also known as Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar, Muḥammad Ibn Isḥâḳ

Arab hagiographer and historian (704–767)

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Died
1365?
Works
17

Top works

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Quotes

  • Ibn Ishaq (693) - "Then the apostle sent Sa-d b. Zayd al-Ansari, brother of Abdu'l-Ashal with some of the captive women of Banu Qurayza to Najd and he sold them for horses and weapons."
  • Ibn Ishaq (970) - "The adulterer must be stoned."
  • Ishaq 956 & 962 - "He who withholds the Jizya is an enemy of Allah and His apostle."
  • Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 879: The apostle told them to tell Malik that if he came to him as a Muslim he would return his family and property to him and give him a hundred camels.
  • Ibn Ishaq 436 - “…they brought them along and questioned them while the apostle was standing praying… The people were dismayed at their report…and so they beat them. When they were beaten soundly…"
  • Ibn Ishaq 734 - "So the apostle called Burayra to ask her, and Ali got up and gave her a violent beating, saying “'Tell the Apostle the truth.'”

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Key facts

Title
Ṣāḥib al-Sīra
Born
699AD, Medina , Umayyad Caliphate
Died
767AD, Baghdad , Abbasid Caliphate
Era
Umayyad and Abbasid
Main interest s
Prophetic biography
Notable work s
al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet')
Religion
Islam

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Encyclopedic overview

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدِ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; circa.699-768, 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.

Life

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