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

150 In Ibt foot/hPJ of fix Propbtf Muhammad recited back [ 0 Angd Gabriel aU that had been revealed of the Quran, and during whi ...

151 first covenant of al-Aqabah. They set out and, at me first halt, the Prophet himself consecrated the camels that were to be ...

152 course, because they did not know what J\I uhammad's actual intentions were. They decided to send an envoy from the Banu Khu ...

A DrtlZJIf, P,an^153 strike him tOO whcn Hulays stepped in to protect him and requesr that he be allowed to return to the Prophc ...

154 I n fix FOOfihPi of flH Prop~1 H owever, just as the last Co m panions had finished giving their pledge, U thman suddenly re ...

A Dna"" Ptatt^155 immediately retorted that changing th e formula was out of th e question, but the Prophet intervened and told ...

156 III liN l'ooIJI'1S 0/ tiN Prophet the Prophet and remonstrated sh arply, firing at him a series of questions that expressed ...

A Drt<1IfI, Ptaa^157 ordinary intelligence, and strategic genius. I-Ie listened for signs, and when his C\lmel had stopped an ...

158 ,,, tbt Footsteps of the ProphFf Mu~di1115' advanLage. The claU5e5 sLaling Lhal ClnigrallL~ Lu Mcuilla ~hould be sent back a ...

A DfflIHI, Pt<Ut '" privilcged moment of spiritual edification "vith, moreover, an exceptional lesson about the value of inte ...

IW 111 1m rYJotstrps of the ProPhet " Islamic names," of exclusively Arab o rigin. Indeed, what preoccupied them was the opposit ...

A Drtdlll, PMrt^161 To All Rulers In the course of the year following the treaty, the number of Muslims was to double. During th ...

162 In flit FtNJf!lrps of 1M Prophrt by me: imperative [0 react, t he Muslims bad Jefcmlcu Lhcir live:> aud their integrity. ...

163 cussed for each individual case, but most of the time the vanquished were required to leave their possessions and exile them ...

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CHAPTER Tl-URTEF.N Coming Home The Muslim community in Medina welcomed the women and men who had emigrated to Abyssinia and who ...

166 member o f the Banu Murra tribe mocked Usamah and his young age. Unable to control himself, U~amah decided to fight it out t ...

C~ming }lome^167 (since he had been mo cked), had reverted to tribal practices, which his understanding of I slam ought to have ...

168 Tn fbe f:ootSlps if the Prophet Mariyah The Prophet continued to lead a private life that required him to be par- ticularly ...

169 aod he tried to respond to his wives' many expectations. \,\/ith time, the situation changed, because the various victories, ...