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

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CH.APTER TEN Teachings and D efeat Life went on in "Medina. In spite of the complexity of relations between tribes and the need ...

112 On the contrary, he required mat dlCY ease meir burden and avoid excess; to some Companions who wanted to put an end to thei ...

Teaching; and Defeat 113 course.,,6 H e thus invited them to deny or despise nothing in their human- iry and taught them that th ...

114 seventy excuses for him. Jf you cannot find any, convince yo urselves that it is an excuse }'OU d o nor know.,,13 A number o ...

rratbings and Dr/rat^115 A d elegatio n o f fourteen religious leaders from Najran (Yemen) had visited the Prophet in ord er to ...

116 J" 1M r'OCtJltpl of 1M ProplNt The Najran delegation refused to accept the Prophet's message. Before they left, the membe rs ...

Ttl1(bings and Dtfiat^117 1b.is verse from the fifth surah (the last injunction to be revealed) states the terms of a privileged ...

118 In tIN ~trps lJj,be PropIRt daughter, who in their respective customs did no t usually receive such trcaunent. T he Prophet ...

TMbings and Difeat^119 his daughter's material request by granting her the privilege of a confi- dence from the divine: a spirit ...

120 In 1m F(}()l!tps of the Proplut Prophet's wives" established, so that they could no longer address men except from behind a ...

121 have come down to us through her, and she also repeatedly corrected the accountS given by other Companio ns. The love th e P ...

122 was a model in the light of the love shown [ 0 her by the Prophet; it was in her apanmem that the Pro phet wanted to breathe ...

123 his own as wcll-to remain in Medina and wait fo r the enemy. His deser- cion was a serious matter, since it reduced to seven ...

124 In 1m FootlltpJ of Iht Pf'Jphtl who eventually stepped into the battle, took a sword, and fought the Quraysh.^36 The Prophet ...

125 managed to pull out of the battlefield, where it was getting increasingly difficult to see what was going on, and gathered t ...

126 A Defcat. a Prim..:iph:: The t\'fuslims had gone back to Medina, wounded, disappointed, and deeply distressed by the turn of ...

r tfKlli"ll and Dtftat a decision, put your truSt in God. For God loves dlOSC who put their trust in Him.^40 127 The string o f ...

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CIIAPTER EJ..LVEN Tricks and Treason The situation had become difficult for the Muslim community in Mcdina. The defeat at UhuJ h ...