Ibn Ishaq

Ibn Ishaq
ٱبْن إِسْحَاق
Title	Ṣāḥib al-Sīra
Personal
Born	c. 704 (85 AH) Medina, Umayyad Caliphate
Died	c. 767 (150 AH) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Middle East
Main interest(s)	Prophetic biography
Notable work(s)	al-Sira al-nabawiyya ('Life of the Prophet')
Teachers	Al-Bakka'i Salama ibn al-Fadl
Muslim leader
Students Al-Bakka'i Salama ibn al-Fadl

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 704–767), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq, also known by the title ṣāḥib al-sīra, collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.