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

70 in tm Footsteps^4 the Prophet never heard polytheists say. lv[uhammad asked him where he was from, and Addas answered that he ...

Triaff, Ekf,wan, and HopeJ^71 to the doors of th e mosque, where a white an im al Ooo king som ething like a cross between a muJ ...

12 I" tIN FrxNsltpl of fix PrvpiNI It is no less than inspiration sent down to him: he was taught by o nc mighty in pou"er, endo ...

Trials, Elwalion, and Hopes^73 ments of his account, for instance the arrival of caravans whose coming he had announced (having ...

Tn /hf Foots/Pi 0/ 1M Prophft prayer must in essence be: a reminder of and an elevation toward the l\Iost High, five times a day ...

TntJis, f Jml/io", a"d Hf}/JU^75 was offered to him in marriage. When Khawlah, who had taken care of th e Pro phet's needs since ...

76 1" lIN FootJIq!J of thl pfIJphtt During the following year's pilgrimage, the Prophet met an important delegation of Yathrib l ...

77 name of kinship or friendship, on the basis of mutual respect and trust, even in perilous situations. Thus, Urn Salamah, who ...

78 I" lhe fif»lJqn of tk Prophtl Say: "0 mose who ha,'C transgressed against themselves! Do not despair of God's mercy: for God ...

TriaiJ, Balla/ioll, alld Hoptr^79 flourishing city appear and welcome him. The angel announced to him that he must prepare to em ...

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CHAPTER EIGHT Hfjrah The Prophet Muhammad was neither fatalistic nor reckless. His trust in God was absolurc, but that had never ...

82 Muhammad with a camel named Qaswa; me Prophet insisted o n pa}>ing for it, since he wished this emigration to belong to hi ...

Hijrab HiJrah is primarily this essential teaching at the heart of the Prophet's experience: a truSt in G o d that entails, with ...

84 She moved back and forth through the crowd, then at last stopped ncar some land belongmg to t\I;O orphans. As menooned previo ...

llyrrzh To those who lea\'e their homes in the cause of God, after suffering oppression, we will assuredly give a goodly home in ...

86 1" fix FoofSttpl oj tIlt Prop~f of hi s own human experience. Hijrah was also, then, a trial o f intelligence, spurring the n ...

Hyrah believed him. (Abraham] said: " I wiUleave home for me sake of my Lord tinni muluyinm ila Rabbi], for H e is almighty and ...

88 In the F(II)t!fPi 0/ the Prophet kinship ties, p ray while people sleep, you shall cnter p aradi se in peace [bisalatnj.,,13 ...

H!lflJh^89 duties" (Iohum ",a lana U'l1 alf!Yhim ma aloyna), which in effect implied that they fully and equally belonged to the ...