Index
Aaron, 9, 117, 182
Abassid Dynasty/Empire, 136–37, 140–43,
186, 205. See also specific caliph
Abbott, Nabia, 101
Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, 243, 244–45, 247
Abd al-Jabbar, Ahmad, 153
Abd al-Malik, 178
Abd al-Muttalib, Abbas ibn, 19, 22
Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, 124, 125, 137,
234
Abd al-Rahman III, 95
Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad ibn, 241, 242,
243
Abd ar-Raziq, Ali, 53, 138
Abd Manaf (clan), 116
Abd Sham (clan), 116, 125
Abdallah (Muhammad’s father), 19
Abdu, Muhammad, 231–33, 235, 242,
258
Abraham: Arabs as descendants of, 10; and
Hanifism, 14, 16, 22; influence on
Muhammad of, 17, 44; Islam as con-
nected to, 88; and Ka‘ba, 4, 9, 14, 106;
Karbala revealed to, 179; and Muham-
mad’s views about Jews and Christians,
102, 103, 104, 106; as prophet, 34, 182;
reverence for, 10; and Shi‘ites, 179;
successors to, 117; Torah revealed by,
35; wives of, 64
Abrahamov, Binyamin, 153
Abu Amir ar-Rahib, 14
Abu Bakr: and Ali, 119–22; and Ali-Aisha
conflict, 131; death of, 121–22; and
disinheritance of Ali and Fatima,
119–20; and Medinan ideal, 258; and
Muhammad’s death, 108–9; as Mu-
hammad’s follower, 41–42; and
Muhammad’s marriages, 64; and
Muhammad’s pilgrimage to Mecca,
105; and Muhammad’s withdrawal
from Mecca, 48, 49; and nature and
function of Caliphate, 133; and Quran,
126; and Quraysh-Muhammad con-
flict, 48, 49, 88, 105; and Riddah Wars,
134; as successor to Muhammad,
112–13, 114–15, 117, 118–22, 124,
125, 126; and successors to Muham-
mad, 107, 128, 129, 130, 133; and
Sufism, 217; Umar as successor to,
121–22, 124; and Yathrib migration, 51
Abu Bakra, 68–69
Abu Dujanah, 78
Abu Gakr, 128
Abu Hanifah, 155, 158, 165–66
Abu Lahab, 47
Abu Qais ibn al-Aslat, 14
Abu Ridah, Mohamed A., 145
Abu Said al-Khudri, 69
Abu Sufyan, 76, 78, 90, 106, 124, 134
Abu Talib, 20, 32, 41, 45, 47–48
Abu Ubayda, 112
Abu Zayd, Nasr Hamid, 169