In a recent volume of the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Literature, Ibn Ḥibbān is credited as the author of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt, and is described as “a widely travelled traditionist and prolific writer.” The Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt is one of the most valuable sources for the study of the biographies of the transmitters of the ḥadīṯs over the first three centuries and is a record of medieval Islamicate history, even including non-ḥadīṯ transmission. The subject of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt is the Prophet’s sīra, the history of caliphs and kings, biographies of Companions, ḥadīṯ transmitters, legal theorists, theologians, and many others. In this brief article, an attempt is made to describe Ibn Ḥibbān’s approach to the sīra of the Prophet, in order to arrive at some general considerations on the relationship between ḥadīṯ studies and historiography. The tarāǧim (chapter titles) and narrative arrangement of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt give insight into Ibn Ḥibbān’s expositions, and demonstrate that his interest goes beyond the science of ḥadīṯ transmission.

在最近的《阿拉伯文学百科全书》中，伊本·西班（IbnḤibbān）被誉为Kitābal-iiqāt的作者，并被描述为“一位广泛旅行的传统主义者和多产的作家”。该基塔AL-Ṯiqāt是对的发射机的传记的研究中最有价值的来源之一ḥadīṯ结束了前三个世纪，是中世纪Islamicate历史的记录，甚至包括非ḥadīṯ传输。该主题基塔AL-Ṯiqāt是先知的西拉，哈里发和国王的历史，同伴的传记，ḥadīṯ传播者，法律理论家，神学家和许多其他人。在这个简短的文章，试图来形容伊本·海伯万的方法来西拉的先知，为了在上关系的一些一般考虑到ḥadīṯ研究和史学。Kitābal-Ṯiqāt的tarāǧim（章节标题）和叙事安排使人们对伊本·希伯班的论述有了深刻的了解，并表明他的兴趣超出了ḥadīṯ传播学的范围。