Muhammad: Victory and Death[286] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 308 f; Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, p. 201;
Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1306.
[287] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 310 f.
[288] Muhammad was thus said to have been a martyr (Ibn Sa`d, Classes,
vol. 2, 2, p. 252); see n. 121, above.
[289] Or on Ali's lap; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 327 f.
[290] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 329 f.
[291] Guillaume, Muhammad, pp. 682 f; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2,
pp. 332 f; Tabari, History, vol. 9, p. 184.
[292] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, p. 339. Cf. Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ,
vol. 2, p. 83, n. 1; ECMD, pp. x, 444.
[293] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 683; Ibn Sad, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 333 f; Tabari, History, vol. 9, pp. 184 f. Some Western scholars, in finding it hard to believe thatUmar could have forgotten such a verse,
maintain that this verse and others similar to it were added to the Qur'an
after Muhammad's death; cf. Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 2, pp. 82 f.
[294] They waited until his abdomen had swollen (Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol.
2, 2, p. 338) and his nails had turned green (Ibid., p. 342). Cf. ECMD, p.
528, n. 48.
[295] Cf. Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 688; Tabari, History, vol. 9, p. 203
for `A'isha's remarks about this.
[296] Or Tuesday; Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 341, 380 f. On
Tuesday, or three days after his death; Tabari, History, vol. 9, p. 202. In the
middle of the night Wednesday; Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 688; Tabari,
History, vol. 9, p. 204
[297] Guillaume, Muhammad, p. 688: Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, p. 380;
Tabari, History, vol. 9, p. 209.
[298] Ibn Sa`d, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 364 f.