The Prophet’s biography fused religious authority with pre-Islamic Arab heroic saga.

Evidence

This type of saga literature develops into the magha¯zı¯, the tales of raids which become tales of conquests, the futu¯hfi, and form an important component of the traditional bi­ ography of the Prophet who, in addition to being the Prophet, was also an Arab hero in the traditional style. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1927

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines maghazi and futuh as raid-tales evolving into conquest-tales embedded within the Prophet’s traditional biography.