Which books are best for reading about the prophet |
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Abu_Senju
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Posted: 25 August 2020 at 1:49pm |
In a Nutshell: I can't say there is a best source for everyone to read; it depends on what you want from the source ie your purpose of reading. There are books that are more suitable to scholars; for a general reader, for Western readers, for children and others provide overviews.
If you are a non-specialist who just needs an overview of the Prophet's (saw) life, you could read the following, both of which are accurate, well written and accurate:
The books of the academic Karen Armstrong are widely recommended. Having trained as a Christian nun, she comes from a theological background, that permits her to contextualise the seera for a Western audience in a Judeo-Christian civilisation. Like any writer, she has some downsides and quirks but overall her rendition is quite good:
Here the issue became more complicated and views are stratified. If you are targeting scholarly details and you want to read only one book, in my opinion, it would be Ibn Kathir, as-Seera al-Nabawiyah. I always review it when I want to save time and only need to see the key issues surrounding a given event, especially when I have read about the issue in detail previously and I now need a recap. The features of this book are:
But if you do not want to omit any piece of information regarding a certain event, you seriously need to review the following books, besides the above (in this order):
When you read these books regarding events, you will be able to analyze, check the authenticity, compare narrations and know omitted details of any given narration as well as having a bird's eye view of the events of seera. I can't say there is a best source for everyone to read; it all depends on your purpose of reading. There are books however that are more suitable to scholarly endeavours, beginners, general readers or Western readers. https://www.islamiqate.com/235/which-books-are-best-for-reading-about-prophets-life-seerah |
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MalisDn
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I have not read books on this topic, and I would like to start reading about the prophets to better understand this topic. I've watched a lot of movies on this topic, and I was very interested in them. As for the books, I've only read drama and fantasy novels, but concerning the prophets, we're not there yet. Several people suggested this topic to me, and I decided to start reading at least one book in this area. Can someone help me with the books, because I still haven't found anything on the subject? I would be very grateful for any help in this matter.
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