Under the aegis of the ‘Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, Ibn Ishaq collected oral traditions that formed the basis of the most important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar ibn Khiyar… (died 767, or 761) was an Arab Muslim historian and hagiographer. An English translation of this book is available. It is an eye opening account of Muhammad’s life and gives the only credible reason for Muhammad’s persecution (he insulted the polytheists’ gods.) Muslims consider Ibn Ishaq to be sincere and trustworthy, and Western historians consider him to be a good historian. The outline of Muhammad’s life is largely not disputed as it comes from arguably the first biography of Muhammad called The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), written about 100 years after Muhammad’s death by Ibn Ishaq.
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