MUSA BIN UQBQA’S “AL-MAGHAZI”: ITS METHODLOGY AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Musa Bin Uqba is famous scholar of Hadith, a Jurist and a biographer of the Holy Prophet (SAW). A renowned orientalist, Edward Sachau has published some selective parts of Musa Bin Uqba’s book, ‘Kitab-ul-Maghazi’ which he had obtained from Burlin (Germany) as a script. This selection reveals the fact that Musa Bin Uqba had composed a comprehensive biography of the Holy Prophet (SAW). Most of the traditions and quotations of ‘Kitab-ul- Maghazi’ have been copied and recorded by the successors in their books. As such, ‘Kitab-ul- Maghazi’ has become a valuable source for the biographers of the Holy Prophet (SAW).