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A review by umartariqshaikh
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings
5.0
A fantastic book. The quality of the writing is absolutely superb, but at the same time it's a very easy read. Apparently the author, Martin Lings, was a Shakespearean scholar and it shows in the flow of the writing and the High English used. This is the first book of Seera I have read, but I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested.
I obviously can't comment on the accuracy of the book. I've heard that Martin Lings was a Perennealist, but if that's true I really didn't notice it. Shaykh G.F. Haddad has written an introduction to the Swedish translation, in which, along with heavy praise, he lists some criticisms of the book. Most of these criticisms seem small, but it is accessible here: https://www.abc.se/home/m9783/ir/d/crml_e.pdf
I obviously can't comment on the accuracy of the book. I've heard that Martin Lings was a Perennealist, but if that's true I really didn't notice it. Shaykh G.F. Haddad has written an introduction to the Swedish translation, in which, along with heavy praise, he lists some criticisms of the book. Most of these criticisms seem small, but it is accessible here: https://www.abc.se/home/m9783/ir/d/crml_e.pdf