Azmi A.S.2024-05-292024-05-2920172232195010.1163/22321969-123400512-s2.0-85037606710https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85037606710&doi=10.1163%2f22321969-12340051&partnerID=40&md5=f90ef17ec72344a2317aa37f3732e106https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9634Research into early Muslim sources has demonstrated that some verses of the Qur?n have been seen by Muslim scholars as containing direct references to the events of the Prophet's early life. Modern scholars, however, have questioned the appropriateness and authority of these Qur?nic references as being accurate sources of information for the Prophet's biography. Since the ad? are regarded as an authoritative exegetical tool for understanding the meaning of Qur?nic verses, the ad? and scholars' views on the scripture and its relationship to the narratives of s?ra nabawiyya must be undertaken. The objectives of this present study are to explore the narratives of the Prophet's early life as found in a? al-Bu?r? and analyse al-Bu?r?'s perspective on the role of ad? as an exegetical tool for Qur?nic references in s?ra nabawiyya. The study is qualitative in nature, as it utilises both critical and analytical approaches for its methodology. The study suggests that al-Bu?r? employed innovative and novel approaches when presenting narratives of the Prophet's early life. At certain places in his al-a?, by adducing certain ad? in detail, al-Bu?r? endeavours to convey one distinctive and irrevocable message to the reader. � 2017 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.en-USthe ProphetgenealogyhadithprophethoodSahih al-BukhariArticle193212152