List of Books on the Sirat of RasulAllah ﷺ

Given below is a list of well-known biographies of the Prophet ﷺ, and they are easily available as print editions or scanned PDF files. All the books are proper biographies except for some, which are mainly histories whose first few volumes contain the biography of the Messenger ﷺ.

  1. Al-Maghāzī an-Nabawiyyah
    Imām Muĥammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī [d. 124 AH]
  2. As-Sīratu’n Nabawiyyah
    Imām Muĥammad ibn Is’ĥāq [d. 151 AH]
  3. Al-Adab al-Mufrad
    Imām Muĥammad ibn Ismāýīl al-Bukhārī [d. 256 AH]
  4. Al-Shamā’il al-Muĥammadiyyah
    Imām Abū Ýīsā Muĥammad ibn Ýīsā al-Tirmidhī [d. 279 AH]
  5. Zahru’l Khamā’il álā Al-Shamā’il
    Imām Jalāluddīn Abdu’r Raĥmān al-Suyūţī [d. 911 AH]
  6. Ashraful Wasā’il ilā Fahm al-Shamā’il
    Imām Aĥmad Ibn Ĥajar al-Haytamī [d. 974 AH]
  7. Jamá al-Wasā’il fī Sharĥi al-Shamā’il
    Imām Mullā Álī ibn Sulţān al-Qārī [d. 1014 AH]
  8. Al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah ála Al-Shamā’il
    Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī [d. 1277 AH]
  9. As-Sīratu’n Nabawiyyah
    Imām Abū Muĥammad Ábd al-Malik ibn Hishām [d. 218 AH]
  10. Ar-Rawđ al-Unuf
    Imām Ábd ar-Raĥmān al-Suhaylī [d. 581 AH]
  11. Kitāb al-Ţabaqāt al-Kabīr
    Imām Muĥammad ibn Saád al-Zuhrī [d. 230 AH]
  12. Akhlāqu’n Nabiyy wa Ādābihi
    Ĥāfiż Abū Muĥammad Ábdullāh Abi’sh Shaykh [d. 369 AH]
  13. Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah
    Ĥāfiż Abū Nuáym Aĥmad ibn Ábdullāh al-Aşbahānī [d. 430 AH]
  14. Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah
    Imām Abū Bakr Aĥmad al-Bayhaqī [d. 456 AH]
  15. Ad-Durar fi Ikhtişāri’l Maghāzī wa’s Siyar
    Ĥāfiż Yūsuf ibn Ábd al-Barr al-Mālikī [d. 463 AH]
  16. Kitab al-Shifā bi Tárīfi Ĥuqūqi’l Muşţafā
    Imām Qāđī Íyāđ al-Yaĥsubī al-Mālikī [d. 544 AH]
  17. Sharĥ al-Shifā
    Imām Mullā Álī ibn Sulţān al-Qārī [d. 1014 AH]
  18. Nasīmu’r Riyāđ fī Sharĥi Shifā li Qāđī Íyāđ
    Imām Shihābuddīn Aĥmad al-Khaffājī [d. 1069 AH]
  19. Al-Wafā’a fī Fađā’ili’l Muşţafā
    Imām Abu’l Faraj Ábd ar-Raĥmān ibn al-Jawzī [d. 597 AH]
  20. Nihāyatu’s Sūl fi Khaşā’iş al-Rasūl
    Imām Abu’l Khaţţāb Úmar ibn Diĥyā al-Kalbī [d. 633 AH]
  21. Ithbātu Nubuwwati Sayyidunā Muĥammad
    Imām Aĥmad ibn Úmar al-Qurţubī [d. 656 AH]
  22. Munyatu’s Sūl fī Tafđīli’r Rasūl
    Imām Ábd al-Ázīz ibn Abdu’s Salām as-Sullamī [d. 660 AH]
  23. Úyūn al-Athar fi Funūni’l Maghāzī wa’sh Shamā’ili wa’s Siyar
    Imām Abu’l Fat’ĥ Muĥammad ibn Sayyidi’n Nās [d. 734 AH]
  24. Siyar Aálām an-Nubalā (first two volumes)
    Imām Shamsuddīn Muĥammad al-Dhahabī [d. 748 AH]
  25. As-Sīratu’n Nabawiyyah
    Imām Shamsuddīn Muĥammad al-Dhahabī [d. 748 AH]
  26. Al-Bidāyah wa’n Nihāyah (first 4 volumes)
    Ĥāfiż Ímāduddīn Ismāýīl ibn Kathīr [d. 774 AH]
  27. Al-Fuşūl fī Sirati’r Rasūl
    Ĥāfiż Ímāduddīn Ismāýīl ibn Kathīr [d. 774 AH]
  28. Shamā’il ar-Rasūl
    Ĥāfiż Ímāduddīn Ismāýīl ibn Kathīr [d. 774 AH]
  29. Sifr al-Sáādah
    Majduddīn Abū Ţāhir Muĥammad al-Fīrūzābādī [d. 817 AH]
  30. Álāmātu’n Nubuwwah
    Aĥmad ibn Abū Bakr al-Būsīrī [d. 840 AH]
  31. Imtāá al-Asmāá
    Taqīyuddīn Aĥmad ibn Álī al-Maqrīzī [d. 845 AH]
  32. Wafā’a Wafā bi Akhbāri Dār al-Muşţafā
    Imām Nūruddīn Álī al-Samhūdī [d. 911 AH]
  33. Al-Khaşā’is al-Kubrā
    Imām Jalāluddīn Abdu’r Raĥmān al-Suyūţī [d. 911 AH]
  34. Anmūzaj al-Labīb fi Fađā’il al-Ĥabīb (Khaşā’iş al-Şughrā)
    Imām Jalaluddīn Abdu’r Raĥmān al-Suyūţī [d. 911 AH]
  35. Al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah bi’l Minaĥ al-Muĥammadiyyah
    Imām Aĥmad al-Qasţallānī [d. 923 AH]
  36. Madāriju’n Nubuwwah (Persian)
    Shaykh Muĥaddith Ábd al-Ĥaqq al-Dihlawī [d. 1052 AH]
  37. Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah
    Imām Muĥammad ibn Ábd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī [d. 1122 AH]
  38. Al-Anwāru’l Muĥammadiyyah mina’l Mawāhibi’l Ladunniyyah
    Imām Yūsuf an-Nab’hānī [d. 1350 AH]
  39. Ĥujjatullāhi álā al-Áālamin
    Imām Yūsuf an-Nab’hānī [d. 1350 AH]
  40. Fađā’il al-Muĥammadiyyah
    Imām Yūsuf an-Nab’hānī [d. 1350 AH]