al-Qīrawānī (d. 386) and the Transmission of the Sīra of the Prophet Based on the Narrations of Mālik b. Anas
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2025.78026
Abstract
The discipline of sīra (the biographical study of the Prophet) is fundamentally a product of Medina, although companions who traveled to other cities and their successors later contributed additional knowledge. Various figures in Medina undertook the compilation of sīra, among whom the Zubayrid family was the most prominent. The works of Ibn Isḥāq and his sīra, as well as the sīra of Mūsā b. ‛Uqba, are two of the most significant products in this field. On the margins of these works, Mālik b. Anas b. Mālik, who was a rival of Ibn Isḥāq, also made contributions. However, his narrations were not widely accepted in Medina and instead found their way primarily to North Africa, where the Mālikī school would later be formally established. al-Qīrawānī compiled the narrations of Mālik on the sīra and other Islamic sciences in his work al-Jāmi‛ fī al-Sunan. This article examines these narrations and their subjects.
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