Muhammad: Break with the JewsAtonement, Goitein proposes that the fast of Ramadan was only held for 10
days initially.
[126] Sahih Muslim, vol. 2, p. 552.
[127] See p. 167, n. 28, above.
[128] This was said to have predated the institution of the Zakat (Ibn Sa`d,
Classes, vol. 1, 2, p. 293) and is continued today (SEI, p. 156).
[129] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 1, 2, p. 293; Tabari, History, vol. 7, p. 26;
Sahih Bukhari, vol. 2, pp. 341 f.
[130] Ex. 34:18f (Ex. 13:13f; Num. 18:15f).
[131] Buhl, Muhammeds, pp. 226 f, cites Sprenger and Grimme as being
of the opinion that the fasting of Ramadan came from Lent, but disagrees
with them using this and other arguments.
[132] Buhl, Muhammeds, p. 227, (nn. 71-72) references the Fihrist. Cf.
Buhl, in SEI, p. 398.
[133] Buhl, Muhammeds, pp. 227 f, cites Wensinck. Cf. SEI, p. 189.
[134] Buhl, Muhammeds, p. 228.
[135] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 289 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1,
pp. 9 f; Tabari, History, vol. 7, pp. 26 f; Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 37 f.
[136] Wellhausen, Medina, p. 46.
[137] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1, pp. 21 f.
[138] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1, p. 22.
[139] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 309; Tabari, History, vol. 7, p. 67.
[140] Watt, Muhammad, p. 114; Tabari, History, vol. 7, p. 26, n. 52.
[141] Watt makes a similar suggestion in Muhammad, p. 114.