Reconstruction of a Source of Ibn Ishaq’s Life of the Prophet and Early Qur'an Exegesis: A Study of Early Ibn ‘Abbas Traditions

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This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (ahadith) found in Ibn Ishaq’s Biography (Sira) of the prophet Muhammad, 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 Ishaq relied on Muhammad b. Abi Muhammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hisham’s recension of Ibn Ishaq’s Sira.