اختيارات الحافظ الذهبي و منهجه في نقد مرويات السيرة النبوية

Abstract EN

This research tackles the choices and method adopted by Eddahabi in criticizing the narrations of the Prophet’s biography.

To cover this research area, the researcher briefly gives a few words about the author and his work.

He also defines criticism and concludes to its implications.

Finally, the researcher presents Eddahabi’s approach to criticising prophet’s biography narrations and elaborates more on some samples of his choices amongst which are, first, Eddhahabi chose the year of the elephant as a birth year of the prophet (peace be upon him) because it corresponds most prophet’s biography authors such as Ibn Ishaq, Al-Suhaili, Al-Nawawi, Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Salihi, etc.

Second, Eddahabi chose sixty-three as an age of the prophet’s death (may God bless him and grant him peace) which is the correct age mentioned by most investigators of the prophet’s biography.

Third, Eddhahabi stated that the prophet was circumcised on the day seventh after his birth and so is the choice of Ibn Al-Qayyim.

Finally, Eddahabi proved that the prophet saw visually his Lord in Mi’raj while other scholars like Ibn Al-Qayyim and Ibn Katheer argued this fact as being a spiritual vision instead.