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Sources & method

Where every line comes from

Prophetic Footsteps is written from trusted books of seerah and lectures by qualified teachers. Here is how we choose them, and how every chapter is checked.

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The method

How a chapter is made

Four steps, the same for every chapter, from the first page read to the last line checked.

  1. Step 1

    Choose

    Only trusted sources: the classical books of seerah, and teachers known for their scholarship.

  2. Step 2

    Compare

    Each event is read in more than one source. Where scholars differ, we say so.

  3. Step 3

    Write

    Plain English, short chapters, and a source for every fact, date and quotation.

  4. Step 4

    Review

    Every chapter is checked before it is published, and corrected whenever it needs to be.

What we hold to

Four principles

Mainstream and sourced

We follow the mainstream account of the seerah. Where reports or scholars differ, we show it, with the source.

Dates, carefully

Approximate dates carry a “c.” Hijri dates (AH) begin with the Hijrah in 622 CE.

Quran and hadith, exactly

Ayat and hadith are quoted word for word with a reference, never paraphrased or invented.

No images of people

No prophets, Companions or faces, ever. Landscapes, maps and patterns carry the story instead.

The library

Books, lectures & videos

Every source used on the site will be listed here, with the chapters it supports.

Books

Classical seerah and trusted modern works.

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The books behind each chapter will appear on this shelf as the chapters are published.

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[Book title]

Author
[Author]
Edition
[Translator, edition]
Used in
[Chapters]
Why
[One line]

Lecture series

Seerah courses by qualified teachers, episode by episode.

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Lecture series will be listed with the episodes each chapter draws on.

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[Series title]

Speaker
[Name]
Episodes
[Count]
Used in
[Chapters]
Listen
[Link]

YouTube

Single talks and short films we recommend alongside a chapter.

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Videos will be embedded in the chapters they belong to, and gathered here.

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[Video title]

Channel
[Channel]
Used in
[Chapters]

Growing slowly, on purpose

A few trusted sources, read well

We would rather lean on a handful of reliable books and teachers than on many we cannot check. The library grows as each chapter is written.

How the project grows