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| a report of something the Prophet said or did |
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| chain of transmission of a story, to know whether a particular tradition is authentic, one must study the record of its transmission. If each of the transmitters in the chain of transmission is a reliable character and chain is complete and continuous, then the report is reliable. |
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| Ibn Ishaq’s (d. 767) Sira |
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| the most famous biography of the Prophet |
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| the precedent of the Prophet, the words and actions of the prophet |
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| the ideal system of Islamic law |
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