Ma’mar ibn Rashid (d. 153/770) and another writer pioneered the practice of gathering information from many sources to recount the life of Muhammed, and a rescension of the biography is in the
work of his student ’Abd al-Rzzaq al-San’ani (d. 211/827). It is one of the two earliest and most seminal examples of the genre of prophetic biography in Arabic literature to have survived,
says Anthony. Among the topics are the expedition of Hudaybiyah, the incident involving the united clans and the Qurayzah clan, the story of the three who remained behind, the construction of
the Temple of Jerusalem, the oath of fealty pledged to Abu Bakr, and the marriage of Fatimah. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
