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Seerat-e Mustafa ( Urdu : سیرت مصطفیؐ ) is a 20th-century prophetic biography authored in Urdu by Idris Kandhlawi . Grounded in authentic narrations and presented in a classical style akin to primary Arabic sources, the narrative responds to Sirat al-Nabi by Shibli Nomani , addressing certain theories proposed by Syed Ahmad Khan and Shibli Nomani with a degree of skepticism. Known for avoiding Western-influenced perspectives , the text systematically addresses objections raised against various segments of the prophetic biography. An Overview of the Sirah Literature . Aazadi ke Baad Hindustan ki Khidmaat e Hadith (PhD) (in Urdu).
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Islamic seerah book Seeratul Mustafa ( ) is a three-volume biography of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad , written in Urdu by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi . "الشيخ محمد إدريس الكاندهلوي–رحمه الله-ومنهجه في دراسة السيرة النبوية ﷺ (دراسة تحليلية وصفية لكتاب"سيرة مصطفى ﷺ) : Sheikh Muhammad Idris Al-Kandhlawi, and his method to study the biography of the Prophet (PBUH): (An analytical and descriptive study of the book "The Sirat-E-Mustafa ﷺ)" . Aligarh Muslim University : 113– 115 – via Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. S2CID 258044938 . : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )
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