As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah

السيرة النبوية

By Ibn Kathir 774h (1373 CE) 4 volumes

Ibn Kathir's biography of the Prophet, extracted from his larger work al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. It combines the narrative approach of earlier seerah works with Ibn Kathir's rigorous hadith methodology, critically evaluating the chains of narration for each incident. A scholarly yet readable account of the Prophet's life.

Table of Contents

INTRO Introduction 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 1: Mentioning the noble ancestry of the Prophet ﷺ 3 Chapter 2: The Birth of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ 4 Chapter 3: Some of the Signs which took place at the Birth of the 5 Chapter 5: Mentioning of the Babyhood and Wet-Nurses of the 6 Chapter 6: The death of the Prophet’s ﷺ Mother 7 Chapter 7: The Prophet’s ﷺ journey with his uncle Abu Taalib to alShaam and the encounter with Baheerah the monk 8 Chapter 8: The rebuilding of the Ka`bah, the Prophet’s ﷺ 9 Chapter 9: Hilf al-Fudhool (the treaty to support the oppressed)50 10 Chapter 10: The marriage of the Prophet ﷺ with Khadeejah Bint 11 Chapter 11: The Quraish rebuilding the Ka`bah five years before the 12 Chapter 12: The Bid`ah invented by Quraish by calling themselves as 13 Chapter 13: Before commissioning of the Prophethood and some of 14 Chapter 14: Before commissioning of the Prophethood and some of 15 Chapter 15: Before commissioning of the Prophethood and some of 16 Chapter 16: Before commissioning of the Prophethood and some of 17 Chapter 17: Before commissioning of the Prophethood and some of 18 Chapter 18: The (foretellers) communication with the Jinn 19 Chapter 19: How the Divine Revelation started to be revealed to 20 Chapter 20: A discussion on which Aayaat were revealed first, and the 21 Chapter 21: Prohibiting the Jinn and averting the Shayaateen from 22 Chapter 22: How the Revelation used to descend upon the Prophet 23 Chapter 23: The instructions to the Prophet ﷺ to listen to the 24 Chapter 24: Khadeejah رضي هللا عنها the first to embrace Islaam 25 Chapter 25: The mentioning of those who were the foremost in 26 Chapter 26: Mentioning of Abu Dharr’s conversion to Islaam 27 Chapter 27: Mentioning of Dhimaad’s conversion to Islaam 28 Chapter 28: Allaah’s Command to His Messenger ﷺ to 29 Chapter 29: Some of the leaders of Quraish rallying against the 30 Chapter 30: Some of the objections which the Mushriks of 31 Chapter 31: Persecution of the early Muslims 32 Chapter 32: The Mushrikeen’s dispute with the Prophet ﷺ and 33 Chapter 33: The migration of some of the Companions of the Prophet