THE SUBJECT OF THE SIYAH

When the biography is mentioned, past history immediately comes to mind. When the past history is mentioned, Islamic history comes to mind. Along with this, the Prophets and their dates come to mind. Therefore, the subject of the biography is the past periods, the peoples who lived in the past periods. In other words, the struggle for monotheism comes to mind. Those who resist monotheism are polytheists and idolaters. The concept that characterizes the people of monotheism as a representative  “El-Milel”, describing polytheism and polytheists  “Ven-Nihal”  are concepts.   “El-Milel”  The history of the believers who rely on revelation, “Ven-Nihal” deals with the history of the arrogant people who disbelieve.

   The Meaning, Benefits and Sources of the Prophet's Biography
    “1- The biography of the prophets is information about the high lives of the blessed prophets and is a very valuable part of general history.
    As is known, Almighty Allah first sent prophets to people from among themselves from time to time. Some people followed these holy prophets and thus fulfilled their duties in both this world and the hereafter. They established orderly civilizations and attained virtues. Others opposed these blessed prophets and acted contrary to them. With this attitude, they were deprived of the true human quality and preferred unbelief to faith, disgrace and virtue. Therefore, they eventually fell into disasters and faded away.
    Here, the information about the lives of the Prophets, which we call "Siyer-i Enbiya (History of the Prophets), tells about their beautiful states, shows how they called their ummah to the religion, and records some of the events and wars with their people. These are great advice for us to learn from and benefit from.
    2- The history of the prophets has many benefits. As follows: When a person reads the history of the prophets, he learns about the high existence and good character of some prophets. He understands how much they worked on the path of truth and how much they brought height to humanity and civilization. Thus, his mind opens and his intelligence increases, he becomes alert. His religious feelings become stronger in his heart. Respect for religious elders increases and he tries to adopt their good character.
    3- Regarding the sources of the history of the prophets: The main ones are the Quran and the hadith books. These are two holy sources. The most accurate information can only be obtained from these two real sources. It is also a fact that some of the information about some prophets in the Torah, the Bible and other previous religious books have been changed and therefore cannot be trusted.
    As for the history books, most of the information they provide cannot be accepted as it is because it is not based on solid documents. In fact, the ages before the time of our Prophet are called the "Early Ages" and the historical information about these ages is very incomplete. For this reason, the lives of many prophets are unknown to us.
    4- Among the great prophets, the only prophet whose entire life is known is our prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him). The entire holy life of our Prophet has been recorded in all its details. No one else in the world has been granted this distinction and honor.
    5- There are many biography books written on the high lives of the prophets. However, the most comprehensive and perfect of them are the ones about the high life states of our prophet. the first biography book, From the Tabi'een (those who saw the companions) “Urwa” with, from his students “Zuhri”According to another narration, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) revealed his sacred characters to the first person to writeMuhammad ibn Ishaq, who died in Baghdad in the year 150 of the Hijra.
    6- The oldest and most reliable biography books available today are the following three works:

He died in Baghdad on 1-(207) Vakidi's Book of Biography.

2-(313) who died in Ibn Hisham of Basras Book of Biography.

3- He died in Baghdad in (315) Muhammad TabariIt is the book of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) written by .
    Just as Islamic scholars have written many books about our Prophet, European orientalist historians have also written many books on this subject.” 

(Ömer N.Bilmen, Islamic Catechism, p:496-497) Nizameddin DEMİR