The Biography of the Prophet

When they arrived at the cave in Mt. Thawr, Abu Bakr requested the Prophet (r) to wait until he had searched and cleaned up the ...

Suraqa was now convinced that the Prophet (r) was protected against him and he would not in any case triumph over the latter. He ...

happening and the angelic stranger, he replied, “By God, he appears to be the same man of the Quraysh whom they are prowling aft ...

The People of Madinah Yathrib had been chosen by Allah to shelter the Messenger of God (r) after his emigration and to bring for ...

them by sin and transgression - and if they come to you as captives ye would ransom them, whereas their expulsion was itself unl ...

“Muhammed b. Maslamah said to K’ab: “Now, we hope that you will lend us a camel-load or two (of food). K’ab answered: I will do ...

and the Khazraj to give their faith readily to the Prophet (r). (Dr. Mohammed Syed al- Tantawi, Banu Israel fil-Qur’an wal-Sunna ...

lying, nothing intervened between the abode of the Khazraj and Harrata Wabrah in the West. (Makkah wal Madinah, p. 311). The Kha ...

Physical and Geographical Conditions At the time the Prophet (r) migrated to Yathrib, the city was divided into distinct section ...

wide and cannot be traversed either by foot or even on horses or camels. Two of these lava plains are more extensive; one is to ...

Religious and Social Conditions By and large, the inhabitants of Madinah followed the Quraysh whom they held to be the guardians ...

Nevertheless, the Quraysh considered their own ancestry to be nobler than those of the Arab clans of Medinah. On the day of the ...

Economical and Cultural Conditions Madinah was a veritable oasis. The soil was conducive to systematic cultivation and hence, it ...

The coins in circulation at Makkah and Madinah were similar to that of the ones men- tioned in the section covering Makkah. Howe ...

were manufactured in different designs. Bags and small baskets were used for carrying commodities of daily use as well as corn f ...

Prophet in Madinah News of the Prophet's departure from Makkah spread fast. Eagerly expecting his arrival, the Ansaars used to g ...

THE MOSQUE OF QUBA The Prophet (r) stayed for four days in Quba where he laid the foundation of a mosque. He left Quba on Friday ...

Ayyub and I mopped up the water with the only robe we had for fear that it would drop on the Prophet (r) thereby causing him inc ...

Construction of the Prophet's Mosque The Prophet (r) sent for the two boys who owned the date-store and asked them to name the p ...

The Ansaar were magnanimous and self-denying and the Muhaajir forbearing, self- reliant." ...