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This 5 page paper details the beginnings of the Koran and the use of the Sira, their relations to, and the interpretations of the Koran. This paper also reflects the nature of Islam as stated by Mohammed, and mentions the contributions of Ibn Ishaq to the collections of Hadith and the influence on the Saharia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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a history as the religion of Islam itself. These sira(or stories)give the everyday accounts of the life of Mohammed and are used to further understand and unlock the revelations of
the Koran. Several Hadith, or books of the sira, still exist today and are widely read. Islam was born, or so it has been said, in or around Mecca and
Medina in the Middle East. Ibn Ishaq is one of the more widely recognized organizers and collectors of the Sirah and it is his version that seems to be the
most popular. Interestingly enough, Ibn Ishaq wrote the Sirah nearly a hundred years after the death of Mohammed, making those who are not acquainted with the faith dubious as to
its authenticity. However, with a little study, one discovers that Mohammed, though rumored to be illiterate, always surrounded himself with scribes so that the divine revelations could be transcribed and
preserved for future generations. Thus, the Koran has remained unchanged since its first transcription. However, did the same meticulous attention to detail extend to the Sirah? It would seem so,
though it took Ibn Ishaq a good deal of time and trouble to track everything down. Apparently, the charge was to make the Sirah a part of the daily life
of each follower of Islam. Therefore most of the Sirah was committed to memory and orally handed down through the generations. There had been at one time a collection of
the Hadith, but most were destroyed through the succession of wars and weather damage. Ibn Ishaq, then, had the task of determining what the original stories were and verifying the
authenticity of the storytellers themselves. This proved to be a daunting task, however. How could one prove the validity of stories that had been passed down orally and for
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