Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, , or simply
ibn Isḥaq, ابن إسحاق, meaning "the son of Isaac"; died 767 or 761) was an
Arab Muslim historian and
hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important
biography of the
Islamic prophet Muhammad.