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The life of Muḥammad : al-Wāqidī’s Kitāb al-maghāzī

THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD – Book

About the Book – THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD

Al-Wa¯ qidı¯’s Kita¯ b al-Magha¯ z¯I Muhammad b.

eUmar al-Wa¯ qidı¯ was a Muslim scholar, born in Medina in the Second Cen˙tury hijra. Of his several writings the most significant is the Kita¯ b al-Magha¯ z¯ı, one of the earliest standard histories of the life of the Prophet.

Rizwi Faizer brings this key text, translated into English for the first time, to a new, English-speaking audience.

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It includes an “Introduction,” authored jointly by Rizwi Faizer and Andrew Rippin, and a carefully prepared index.

The book deals with the events of the Prophet’s life from the time of his emigration from Mecca to his death, and is generally considered to be biographical.

Bringing together events in the Prophet’s life with appropriate passages of Qur ‘a¯ n in a considered sequence, the author presents an interpretation of Islam that existed in his times. It inclu