The Maghazi of Sayyiduna Muhammad SAW: The Earliest Known Biography of the Messenger of Allah

Following its completion, The Maghāzī of Sayyidunā Muhammad ﷺ served as an authoritative source for many later works on the life of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ.

A sub-genre within the field of Prophetic studies, the maghāzī literature covers the battles and military expeditions of the Prophetic era, and by extension, the biography of the Prophet ﷺ as well. The maghāzī literature is thus both historical and religious in its scope. What sets The Maghāzī of Sayyidunā Muhammad ﷺ apart, even among the works of maghāzī and sīrah, is the fact that its author was a muhaddith first and foremost, and as such, adhered to strict requirements for documentation of both narrators and narrations in his works. The result is that his Maghāzī is a work of history that is documented almost to the same standards as a work of hadith.

IGP’s paperback edition of the The Maghāzī of Sayyidunā Muhammad ﷺ includes:

• English translation of the manuscript text
• Introduction and history of the work
• Foreword with detailed discussion of the science of sīrah
• Footnotes to provide context and explanation, as well as the sources of the dozens of Qur’anic verses woven into the text
• Biography of the author