Reconstruction of a Source of Ibn Is aq's Life of the Prophet and Early Qur an Exegesis

This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (äadith) found in Ibn Is aq's Biography (Sira) of the prophet Mu ammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isnad-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Is aq relied on Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hisham's recension of Ibn Is aq's Sira.

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This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (a adith) found in Ibn Is aq's Biography (Sira) of the prophet Mu ammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isnad-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Is aq relied on Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hisham's recension of Ibn Is aq's Sira.

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Introduction (1)

I. The problem of sources on the life of the Prophet Mu ammad (9)

II. Source analysis (21)

1. A reaction of the Quraysh to Mu ammad's rise (21)

2. Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad (35)
3. The profile of the source "Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad" (47)

4. Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad outside of the Sira sources (75)

5. Al-Kalbi's variants (100)

6. Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad's sources (115)

   III. Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad: a source for the historical vita of the Prophet? (121)

   IV. Excursus: Ibn Is aq's exegetical traditions from Mu ammad b. Abi Mu ammad (129)

   Appendix: Isnads of the most important traditions (133)

Bibliography (135)