I’ve always been interested to know if records exist of the description of events surrounding the Prophet’s struggle in Arabia, in books/journals/manuscripts [other than the Quran or Hadeeth sources] in Arabia, recorded as they happened. A description of events as they unfolded from a third party (or any kind of) observer’s standpoint, sort of like what the media would do today. Any insights would be useful.
Re: Records of Prophet's struggle in books other than Quran (recorded as they happene
Peace stalker,
The events can be seen while doing Ziyarat in KSA and you can find records in many book with old images.
Re: Records of Prophet's struggle in books other than Quran (recorded as they happene
^ I think what he meant was the books of the same time while Prophet was struggling to spread Islam's message. Books written by non Muslims of those times.
If I understood the intent of this thread then it is really an interesting question and interesting topic.
In my opinion such sources don't exist because Arabic culture of that time relied heavily on memory. They did not use to write things down much. This is why there was so much emphasis on the hifz of Quran, and this is why hadeeth compilation started late.
But still, the subject is really interesting.
Re: Records of Prophet's struggle in books other than Quran (recorded as they happene
Peace khoji,
Indeed its an interesting topic. I think the best book at that time till now is the 'Quran' I read (don't remember exactly) a Sahabi compiled a book but later on burned by fearing of that it maybe in future spread fitna. Will check about it.
Re: Records of Prophet's struggle in books other than Quran (recorded as they happene
^ I think what he meant was the books of the same time while Prophet was struggling to spread Islam's message. Books written by non Muslims of those times.
If I understood the intent of this thread then it is really an interesting question and interesting topic.
In my opinion such sources don't exist because Arabic culture of that time relied heavily on memory. They did not use to write things down much. This is why there was so much emphasis on the hifz of Quran, and this is why hadeeth compilation started late. But still, the subject is really interesting.
Interesting, was there any book by romans/persians during those times?
Re: Records of Prophet's struggle in books other than Quran (recorded as they happene
Persians, Romans and Greeks were writing books even before that time. But I am not aware of any of the books written by non-Muslims regarding the events of early Islam. As far as I understand, this is what the OP wanted to know.
Actually, if there could be any book from non-Islamic sources regarding early Islam then it should be in Arabic, because other civilizations wouldn't have known what was going on in Makkah at that time.