Today we would conclude that Hisham's sira (completed in about 830), in an attempt to bring an aura of the miraculous to Muhammad's life, was being politically correct for his intended audience. Hence Hisham, after him, who further sanitised the work in an attempt to exalt Muhammad to the position of 'best example of a human being' deliberately omitted many facets of Muhammad's life and deeds.
We discern this from the comments by Ibn Hisham himself when he states that he intentionally omitted portions that did not address Muhammad and about which the Qur'an says nothing, things which are disgraceful to discuss matters which would distress certain people and such reports as al-Bakka'i told me he could not accept as trustworthy.Ī student of Ibn Ishaq was al-Bakka'i who edited Ishaq's work leaving out reports he thought were untrustworthy. It would seem that Ibn Ishaq compiled a faithful rendition of the life of Muhammad and early Muslim practices, including many events some would consider distasteful. What survives is the commentary on Ishaq's biography by Ibn Hisham and extracts from the voluminous histories of Al Tabari. However no text of his original work exists today. The first biography of the prophet was written by Ibn Ishaq (circa 706-773) about one hundred years after the death of Muhammad. Sirat Rasul Allah (Life of the Apostle of God) is the Arabic term used for the biographies of Muhammad, from which most historical information about his life and the early period of Islam is derived.
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