If you want to read good biography of Prophet Muhammad stw, I will recommend this book. 10% of book is foreword and preface. If you are reading this book first time, better you start at chapter one and then read foreword and preface.
"The Life of Muhammad"
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (Author)
- Ismail R. Faruqi (Translator)
eBook Download:
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PDF Formate Download
Just search - the life of muhammad haykal haykal filetype:pdf - on google.com. One direct link is here.
http://muqith.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/muhammadbyhaykal.pdf
http://scanislam.com/books_files/General/Haykal.pdf
HTML/Online
http://www.islam4theworld.net/Sirah/LifeMuhammadS/
Printed Book
It is widely available on all good Islamic Book Shops. You can not find anywhere, let me know and drop a note to publisher ( of hard copy I own).
Published By Sayem Enterprises, G-26, IInd Floor, Jungpura, Extension, New Delhi 110014, Email : abs_pd at yahoo.com, INR 250 , PAGES - 600+
Why You Should Read
I discovered that the most reliable source of information for the biography of Muhammad is the Holy Qur'an. It contains a reference to every event in the life of the Arab Prophet ... Haykal
"There is probably in the world no other work which has remained twelve centuries with so pure a text .." - William Muir
This Book Refer
Sirah of Ibn Hisham
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd
Maghazi of Waqidi
the Spirit of Islam of Sayyid Ameer Ali
Asbab al Nuzul of A1 Wahidi
Al Nasikh Wa al Mansukh of Salamah
The Life of Mahomet of Sir William Muir