Introduction (1)
I. The problem of sources on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad (9)
II. Source analysis (21)
1. A reaction of the Quraysh to Muḥammad’s rise (21)
2. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad (35)
3. The profile of the source “Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad” (47)
4. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad outside of the Sīra sources (75)
5. Al-Kalbī’s variants (100)
6. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad’s sources (115)
III. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad: a source for the historical vita of the Prophet? (121)
IV. Excursus: Ibn Isḥāq’s exegetical traditions from Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad (129)
Appendix: Isnāds of the most important traditions (133)
Bibliography (135)