Ibn Ishaq

Ibn Ishaq
ٱبْن إِسْحَاق
TitleṢāḥib al-Sīra
Personal life
Born80 AH (699/700CE)
Died151 AH (768/769CE)
EraUmayyad and Abbasid
Main interest(s)Prophetic biography
Notable work(s)al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet')
Religious life
ReligionIslam
Teachers
  • Al-Bakka'i
  • Salama ibn al-Fadl
Muslim leader
Students
    • Al-Bakka'i
    • Salama ibn al-Fadl

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c.80 AH (699/700CE)151 AH (768/769CE), 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.