[12] Samuel Sweeney reviewed the book in The Wall Street Journal,[13] stressing that "Considine misunderstands the role of ’asabiyya as Ibn Khaldun meant it", summarising the book as making "dubious claims about ideas that emerge from Islamic history", and suggesting that "It is hard to imagine a more pained attempt to project modern values onto a medieval concept".

[14] Tieszen noted that Considine is "keen to contextualize and problematize Qur’anic passages when it suits him but is entirely uninterested in doing so with other sources when such analysis could weaken or obscure his argument".

[15] Muhammad Misbah and Anisah Setyaningrum wrote in The Downside Review that the book was "created to promote greater understanding and peace between Christians and Muslims".

[16] Omar Ahmed of the Middle East Monitor said that The Humanity of Muhammad is "clearly a heartfelt and very personal perspective from a writer who is an advocate of interfaith dialogue and acknowledges his admiration for the Prophet".

[19][18] A review in Anthropology Today described the documentary as "a combination of morality tale and road movie", summarizing that it is "intricately composed" although "inconveniently long".