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# Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) – Lecture Transcripts by Dr. Yasir Qadhi

## Overview
This dataset contains the full **transcripts** of all **104 lectures** delivered by **Dr. Yasir Qadhi** on the **Seerah (biography) of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)**. These lectures provide a comprehensive, chronological account of the **life, teachings, and historical context** of the Prophet (SAW), covering key events such as:

- His **birth and early life** in Mecca.
- The **revelation of Prophethood** and the message of Islam.
- **Persecution in Mecca** and the migration (Hijrah) to Medina.
- The **establishment of the first Islamic state**.
- **Major battles and treaties**, including Badr, Uhud, and Hudaybiyyah.
- His **final days and passing**.

The original lectures are available on **SoundCloud**: [Here](https://soundcloud.com/zikr/sets/seerah-of-prophet-muhammad)

## Dataset Details
- **Source**: Transcripts of Dr. Yasir Qadhi’s lectures.
- **Number of Lectures**: 104.
- **Language**: English.
- **Format**: Plain text.
- **Topics Covered**:
  - Life of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
  - Meccan & Medinan periods
  - Key battles and major historical events
  - Personal interactions and teachings of the Prophet

## Use Cases
This dataset is ideal for:
- **Pretraining & Fine-tuning LLMs** on **Islamic history & Seerah**.
- **Developing a QA system** for answering questions about **Prophet Muhammad (SAW)**.
- **Islamic research & academic studies** on the biography of the Prophet.
- **Speech-to-text analysis** of long-form religious discourse.

## Potential Applications
- **AI-driven Islamic Chatbots** for answering Seerah-related queries.
- **Educational Tools & Apps** for learning about Islamic history.
- **Conversational AI for religious studies**.
- **Islamic knowledge graph development**.


## How to Use
### Load Dataset in Python
```python
from datasets import load_dataset,

seerah_data = load_dataset("rwmasood/transcirpt-seerah-dr-yasir-qadhi")

print(seerah_data)
```

## **Citation**
If you use this dataset in your research or project, please cite it as follows:

📌 **Dr. Wasif Masood** (2024). *Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) - Lecture Transcripts by Dr. Yasir Qadhi*. Version 1.0.  
Available at: [https://huggingface.co/datasets/rwmasood/transcirpt-seerah-dr-yasir-qadhi](https://huggingface.co/datasets/rwmasood/transcirpt-seerah-dr-yasir-qadhi)

### **BibTeX:**
```bibtex
@dataset{rwmasood_seerah_transcripts_2024,
  author={Dr. Yasir Qadhi},
  title     = {Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) - Lecture Transcripts by Dr. Yasir Qadhi},
  year      = {2024},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url       = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/rwmasood/transcirpt-seerah-dr-yasir-qadhi},
  version   = {1.0},
  license   = {CC BY 4.0},
  institution = {Empirisch Tech GmbH}
}