Ibn Isḥāq

Ibn Isḥāq (born c. 704, Medina, Arabia—died 767, Baghdad) was an Arab biographer of the Prophet Muḥammad whose book, in a recension by Ibn Hishām, is one of the most important sources on the Prophet’s life. Ibn Isḥāq was the grandson of an Arab prisoner captured by Muslim troops in Iraq and brought to Medina, where he was freed after accepting Islām. Ibn Isḥāq’s father and two uncles collected and transmitted information about the Prophet...