Ibn Ishaq

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

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Sharḥ manḥ al-jalīl ʻalá mukhtaṣar al-ʻallāmah Khalīl
Mukhtaṣar alS̲haykh Khalīl ibn Isḥāq fī al-fiqh ʻalá madhhab alI̲mām Mālik ibn Anas al-Asbuḥī
Code musulman
Précis de jurisprudence musulmane suivant le rite malékite
Mâliki law

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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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Instance of: human
Given name: Muhammad
Gender: male
Place of birth: Medina
Place of death: Baghdad
Occupation: biographer
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Notable work: Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah (Ibn Ishaq)
Student of: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
Field of work: history of Islam
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date of birth: 0704-01-01
Commons category: Ibn Ishaq
student: Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
date of death: 0768-01-01
name in native language: ابن إسحاق

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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.

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