Abstract
<jats:p>Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ayyûb al-Warrâq (d. 228/843) and His al-Maghâzî Copy The renowned Sîra scholar Ibn Ishâq has played a major role in shaping the current form of the biography of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Ishâqs Sîrah, also known as al-Maghâzî, became famous during his lifetime and numerous narrators of al-Maghâzî emerged during the time it was written. Ibrâhîm b. Sad, who heard al-Maghâzî from Ibn Ishâq three times, is also one of the famous and reliable narrators of the biography. The fact that Ibrâhîm b. Sads copy is the first copy of el-Maghâzî increases its importance in this regard. When looking at the sources, it is seen that among those who listened to Ibrâhîm b. Sads copy was Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ayyûb al-Warrâq al-Baghdâdî (d. 228/843) is also included. al-Warrâqs al-Maghâzî copy quickly became famous and accepted in the scholarly community. His students, such as Ibn Abī Khaythama, Abûl-Hasan al-Baghawî, Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Marwazî, and Ubayd b. Abd al-Wâhid al-Bazzâr, received his al-Maghâzî copy and narrated numerous things from it. Furthermore, the preference for the Ibrâhîm b. Sad copy that al-Warrâq listened in the quoted passages from Ibn Ishâqs al-Maghâzî in the works of Ibn Abī Khaythama, Ibn al-Mundhir, Abû Nuaym al-Isfahânî, and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, demonstra-tes that al-Warrâqs al-Maghâzî copy has reached a serious level of scholarly scholarship. It is likely due to this and similar reasons that it is often referred to as sâhib al-Maghâzî in sources. Despite this, al-Maghâzî copy has not survived to the present day. As mentioned, the preference for al-Warrâq copy of the narration in some works, and the existence of numerous chains of narrations transmitted by al-Warrâq from Ibrâhîm b. Sad > Ibn Ishâq > … in other sources, allow for the acquisition of significant information about al-Maghâzî copy. As described above, this study comprehensively examines al-Warrâq narration of the Ibrâhîm b. Sad copy, the first copy of Ibn Ishâqs al- Maghâzî. As a result of this study, It is understood that al-Warrâqs copy played a central role in the construction of Ibrâhîm b. Sad ver-sion, and it is believed that his care in refraining from interfering with the narrations and conveying them verbatim would have contributed positively to the construction of Ibrâhîm b. Sad version. Furthermore, al-Maghâzî version narrations transmitted by al-Warrâq enable a more accurate and comprehensive evaluation of other al-Maghâzî/Sîrah versions. Keywords: Sîra; al-Warrâq; al-Maghâzî; Ibn Ishâq; Ibrâhîm b. Sad</jats:p>