Notes about Censorship and Self-Censorship in the Biography of the Prophet Muḥammad
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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2014.010Keywords:
Muḥammad, Sīra, biografía, ʽabbāsíes, omeyas, Medina, Ḥīra, censura, hadizAbstract
The study of the medieval literary output about Muḥammad’s life should go hand in hand with the study of his history, for which we have rich evidence in a variety of sources. Ibn Isḥāq’s biography of Muḥammad and its epitome by Ibn Hishām were products of their time. A case of self-censorship applied by one of Ibn Isḥāq’s informants and two cases of censorship applied by Ibn Hishām, who omitted many of his predecessor’s materials, contribute to a better understanding of the social and political context of the biography.
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