In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad

170 1ft tbe lWtittps rf fIN Propbet Abdullah (Khadijah's sons, who bad died at a vcry young age). The Prophet called his son rbr ...

Coming H/Jm~ 171 were ada mant: the three nights were over, and the pilgrim s were to leave the city according to the terms of t ...

172 In the FoofJf~P! of the Prophtt to Syria for their trade. Fifteen men were sent out, but fourteen of them were killed; at th ...

Comin)!, Home^173 ments. They were ther efore accustom ed to the strange, surreal dimensions of his life among them. One day, Mu ...

(^174) I" tbt £WmkPS 0/ Ibt Prophet alliances with as many clans as possible. lie scnt him another two hundred men because oppos ...

Coming Hmf 175 ing a letter to the Q uraysh warning them of an impending attack_ He had the wo man stopped as she was heading to ...

176 /11 Ibt FtNJII!(PS oj tIN Prop/Jtl after observing the Muslims' devotio n and their behavior with the Prophet. he decided, f ...

Coming Homt 177 Muhammad had segmented his army into divisions that encircled the city and closed in on the center together. A f ...

178 lit 1M I"Y>otlffps 0/ (be Propbel the idols that lay insid e and near the Kaha he was destroying what had, in the course ...

Comillg Home^179 The Prophet stayed in Mecca for two weeks, and the situation be~n to settle down. He sent expeditions to make s ...

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN At Home, Over There The Prophet had come back to Mecca as a victor, and the generosity he had shown had surpris ...

182 had mobilized more than [Wenty thousand men eaS[ of Mecca and that they were preparing to attack the Muslims. T he Prophet s ...

A t HOI1Ir, Ot'tr Thtn^183 witb such ardor that Malik's soldiers were to tally astonished; they could not have expected such a s ...

(^184) In the Footiltp,; Df 1/" Prophet poorly dressed, he demanded that money be taken from the booty to buy a new garment from ...

At Hom~! Ot~,. T krt 185 tant share) and the Ansar. He had amy juSt finished the distribution when a Hawazin delegation arrived. ...

(^186) In the FI}()/iteps of the Prophtt should certainly no t measure his love for them through the amount o f booty they had r ...

AI Home, O tl'r TlNrt^187 covered him with his garment [0 show not only that he had forgiven him but also that he praised his ma ...

188 In liN F~fllt/JJ of fbi Prophtt Christians in the norm. The Muslims wefe not to find this OUI until a few weeks later; for t ...

189 with the army. This was not the case for the other three believers, who included the faith ful Kab ibn Malik: they chose to ...