Muhammad: Victory and DeathMuhammad simply wanted to have the Muslims be able to trade at the
market in Badr; Buhl, Muhammeds, p. 269.
[19] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 447 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1,
pp. 71 f; Tabari, History, vol. 7, pp. 165 f; Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 167 f.
[20] Ibn Hisham - after the battle of the ditch, 5 AH; Ibn Sa`d - Ramadan,
6 AH; Tabari - 3 AH; Waqidi - the end of 4 AH. There are also
discrepancies in location.
[21] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 482 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1,
pp. 112 f; Tabari, History, vol. 7, pp. 99 f; Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 170 f.
Cf. Sahih Bukhari, vol. 5, pp. 250 f.
[22] Ibn Sa`d - or 700; Waqidi - or 700, or 800.
[23] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 445 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 1,
pp. 74 f; Tabari, History, vol. 7, pp. 161 f; Wellhausen, Medina, 172 f.
[24] Waqidi also gives another tradition, whereby Muhammad is said to
have wanted to possess Dumat al-Jandal (which is near Syria) and thus
frighten the Byzantines; Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 174 f.
[25] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 449; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol, 2, 1, p. 76;
Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 174 f.
[26] After the blood money was already paid for Hashim b. Subaba's
death, his brother killed the assailant and escaped to the Quraysh.
Following the victory at Mecca, Muhammad had the man executed;
Wellhausen, Medina, p. 176.
[27] According to one tradition, Juwayriya, whose original name was
Barra, had already been ransomed by her father before Muhammad wanted
to marry her; Wellhausen, Medina, p. 178.
[28] Ibn Hisham - 100 families; Ibn Sa`d - all or 40 families; Waqidi - 100
or 40 families.