The Sirah of the Prophet: A Contemporary and Original Analysis

Following Dr Yasir Qadhi’s ground-breaking video lecture series on the sīrah of the Prophet Muhammad , this book is an equally impactful written adaptation. It provides a refreshing insight into the life of the Final Messenger and contextualises the sīrah in the modern-day context. It is not just a chronological account but also offers beneficial and actionable lessons, relating the biography of the Prophet (PBUH) to our daily lives.

Yasir Qadhi is the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America, the Chair of the Fiqh Council of North America, and the Resident Scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with a Western academic training of the study of Islam. Yasir graduated with a B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B. A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and then completed a M. A. in Islamic Theology. He then returned to America, and completed a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He has authored several books, published academic articles, and appeared on numerous satellite and TV stations around the globe. His online videos are of the most popular and highly-watched Islamic videos in English.