The Sira of Ibn Ishaq in Ibn Hisham's recension

The oldest surviving continuous biography of the Prophet. It was written by Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. 151 AH). It was then refined and abridged by Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham (d. 213 or 218 AH), and became known as "The Prophetic Biography of Ibn Hisham". ¹

In the Saqqa and Halabi edition it runs to four volumes. The fourth volume covers the period from the return of Ja'far from Abyssinia and Khaybar to the death and burial of the Prophet. ¹