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__NOTOC__{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=1|Content=2|Language=2|References=2}}'''Sirat Rasul Allah''' (<small>Arabic: سيرة رسول الله, Romanization: ''Sīrat Rasūl-Allāh,'' Abv: ''Sirat''</small>), or simply the Sira (Arabic: سيرة) in English the '''Biography of the Prophet of Allah''', refers to the collected biographies of [[Muhammad]]. It is also the title of one of the most important early Siras, namely that of Ibn Ishaq. In addition to the [[hadith]] (oral account of [[Muhammad]]'s statements and actions), the Siras provides an integral foundation to the [[sunnah]] (example, customs, and practices) set forth by [[Muhammad]]. Throughout Islamic history, the Siras and [[Sunnah]] have established the foundation of much of [[Islamic Law|Islamic Law (Shariah)]] and [[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)|Jurisprudence (Fiqh)]], including but not limited to the [[Five Pillars of Islam|Five Pillars of Islam]], societal code, and dietary standards.

Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasār (704-770 AD), commonly known as ''Ibn Ishaq'', was responsible for the earliest-known collection of Hadith arranged in chronological order, eponymously known as ''Sirat Rasul Allah'' (Biography of the Prophet of Allah). This collective biographical account is the earliest surviving, and most heavily relied upon biography of [[Muhammad]]. Along with the [[Qur'an]] and [[Hadith]], are commonly referred to as the [http://www.cspipublishing.com/ Trilogy of Islam], as all major doctrines are found within these three sources. Earlier biographical material include the letters of 'Urwa b. al-Zubayr (d. 713), and Kitāb al-Maghāzī by Musa ibn ʿUqba (d. 725 to 737), which was a notebook thought lost, but recently rediscoverd in 2021. Musa ibn ʿUqba was a student of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 737), whose narrations feature heavily in the sira literature.