- Ibn Hisham
Infobox_Muslim scholars | notability = Muslim historian| era =
Islamic golden age | color = #cef2e0 |
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| name = Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham| title= Ibn Hisham| birth = | death = 218AH 833CE| Maddhab =Sunni | school tradition= | Ethnicity =
Region = Egyptian| notable idea=
main_interests = History| influences =Ibn Ishaq | influenced = | works = "The life of the Prophet" |Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik bin Hisham ( _ar. أبو محمد عبدالمالك بن هشام), or Ibn Hisham (died 833) edited the biography of
Muhammad written byIbn Ishaq . Ibn Ishaq's work is lost and is now only known in the recensions of Ibn Hisham and al-Tabari. Ibn Hisham grew up inBasra , Iraq, but moved afterwards toEgypt , [Mustafa al-Suqa, Ibrahim al-Abyari and Abdul-Hafidh Shalabi, "Tahqiq Sirah an-Nabawiyyah li Ibn Hisham", ed.: Dar Ihya al-Turath, p. 24] where he gained a name as a grammarian and student of language and history. His family was ofHimyarite origin, though some narrators trace him to Mu'afir ibn Ya'far, while others say he is a Dhuhli. [Ibid, p. 23]Works
*As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah
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*He also wrote a work on South Arabian antiquities: "Kitab al-Tijan li ma'rifati muluk al-zaman" (Book of Crowns in knowing kings of the age)ee also
List of Islamic scholars References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040625103910/http://www.hraic.org/hadith/ibn_ishaq.html#The%20earliest%20biography%20of%20Muhammad,%20by%20ibn%20Ishaq The earliest biography of Muhammad, by ibn Ishaq English] ---Read Book Online.
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