Muhammad: Victory and Death[44] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 2, p. 97. Cf. Al-Kindi in ECMD,
p. 457.
[45] Al-Kindi in ECMD, p. 457; Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 2, p. 66.
[46] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, pp. 536 f; Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, p. 912. Cf.
Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, pp. 248 f.
[47] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 9, pp. 212 f; Sunan Abu Dawud, vol. 3, p. 1231;
Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 2, pp. 68 f.
[48] Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 2, p. 66.
[49] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 249.
[50] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, pp. 526, 528 f; Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, pp. 912 f.
[51] See "The Book of Laws of Diverse Countries" in Ante-Nicene
Fathers, vol. 8, p. 731.
[52] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, p. 527.
[53] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, pp. 544 f; Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, pp. 911 f.
[54] Aws b. Assamit is said to have divorced his wife Hawla (or Huwayla)
using a heathen statement of divorce (cf 58:2), later he regretted his
decision, and evidently had his case brought to Muhammad; Nöldeke and
Schwally, GQ, vol. 1, p. 212.
[55] Ibid. Cf. Rudolph, Koran, p. 498, n. 7.
[56] See Appendix F, p. 416.
[57] Waqidi - or 10 day-long siege.
[58] Sad b. Muadh, see p. 253, above. For more information on the battle
of the ditch, see: Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 450 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol.
2, 1, pp. 80 f; Wellhausen, Medina, pp. 190 f.
[59] Wellhausen, Medina, p. 210.