Where can I find a decent account of the life of the prophet Muhammad? I found some history channel documentary on him but it felt like some propaganda making him out to be much more perfect than he really was, and then there's a bunch of people saying he'

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Anonymous 12/07/15 (Mon) 20:14:49 266719 No.33422

Where can I find a decent account of the life of the prophet Muhammad? I found some history channel documentary on him but it felt like some propaganda making him out to be much more perfect than he really was, and then there's a bunch of people saying he's a murderer and a child molester (well technically he was the latter, but that was pretty common back then)

How did he actually manage to win battles so well when he used to be a merchant?

Anonymous 12/08/15 (Tue) 03:41:41 0156c8 No.33441

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith

Basically it talks about what Muhammad said and did.

Anonymous 12/10/15 (Thu) 10:04:43 2ae1a0 No.33506

>>33422

The Sealed Nectar is really good the writer explains the different stories and narrations of events

http://www.amazon.com/Ar-Raheeq-Al-Makhtum-The-Sealed-Nectar/dp/1591440718

Anonymous 01/22/16 (Fri) 11:35:54 d93b83 No.34496

Can't go wrong with Ibn Ishaq's account of Muhammad. His biography of Muhammad is the earliest book on the topic and seems objective enough to cause some Muslims to raise issues with some of his less flattering accounts. Pick the book translated by Michael Edwardes, it's very well translated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Ishaq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophetic_biography

Anonymous 01/22/16 (Fri) 12:10:08 2e37d0 No.34497

>>33422

I'd say checking /Islam/ is also a good bet

Anonymous 01/22/16 (Fri) 19:15:16 7877db No.34514

>>34497

I don't know whether asking faithful followers of Muhammad about historical facts would be the best of ideas. The board owner seems to be a fairly reasonable guy, but it's like asking a priest whether or not Jesus Christ really was the product of immaculate conception.

Anonymous 01/22/16 (Fri) 20:06:03 e657b4 No.34515

>>34514

But the anons in /islam/ would still question the facts about Mohammed and, honestly, what's the worse that can happen? You can get a great documentary or you don't, you might as well try, anon. Keep us posted though.

Anonymous 01/25/16 (Mon) 06:39:43 3445d5 No.34566

>>34497

thats like asking /pol/ if hitler did nothing wrong