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Ibn Ishaq
أول المدونين: سيرة المصدر التي نقلها ابن هشام.
Al-Rawd al-Unuf
السهيلي يشرح السيرة ويفسر غريبها.
Al-Shifa
القاضي عياض في حقوق المصطفى وصفاته.
Hadith and sira
السيرة تحفظ الأحداث والصحيح يحفظ الأقوال.
Sahih al-Bukhari · The Prophetic Hadith: From Hearing to the Collections
Today
السيرة في العصر: من المطبوعات إلى المتحف.
The Prophet's Life: From the Elephant to the Passing · The Meccan Period: From the Cave to the Hijra
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Overview
A path through the books of the biography: Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, al-Rawd al-Unf, al-Shifa' of Iyad, and al-Raheeq al-Makhtum. How we know his life.
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islam.museum contributors. “Books of the Sira”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-sira-books/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.