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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
by Martin Lings
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good reference book....not a very good story book...one: it was too many detailed facts and characters to keep track of for me...two: i've heard there are issues about the accuracy of parts of this book...
either way...its really good in some parts...i love the stories of the Prophet's household...the war chapters r slow in the middle..and again tooo many details...and i dont like his writing style...
i wish there was a better seerah out there...i've heard the sealed nectar is even slower and drier...
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Sara,
Really good book. Read through the middle and you will enjoy the rest of the book!
-Ali
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05/15/2007 06:54AM
Ar raheeq ur makhtum is def much drier. I think i've read past the 2nd aqabah, and I got tired of that, so I started Lings, and Lings ain't impress me much either with the writing style... I'd think that if people are going to write about the Prophet saw, they'd write more eloquently...
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i totally agree w/ u noor...i duno y we dont have a better seerah out there..there should be atleast ONE legit seerah book out there for the layperson...its really sad ..maybe thats y many ppl resort to cds now a days....i've heard hamza yusufs seerah lecture set is amazing...hopefully i'll get around to that eventually iA....
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05/15/2007 08:10AM
I think Nasr has a book on him. and there's one by shimmel. I hear they're both good, wanna check em out some day... but I don't think they're bios...moreso thematic.. maybe we can both read one together... lemme know if you'd be up for it this summer...
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im workin on a couple right now..when i'm done w/ those..iA we can def do the nasr one ..yay..ws :)
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05/15/2007 12:44PM
Yeah, same here... man, my reading list is too long. Right now I'm just picking and choosing based on my own random fancies! But yeah, holla when you wanta!
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you all should check out Adil Salahi's Muhammad Man and Prophet. A lot more detailed than Martin Lings'; however, the story-telling ability of the author totally gets you hooked to it, and NOT dry at all!
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