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

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  1. Quean, 73 :10. The Quran makes use of forms of the word hajl1-nr. IIhjllrVllm
    (exile yourself from them) o r fohjllr (therefore, exile yourself).

  2. Quean, 7 4:5.

  3. Quean, 29 :25--26.

  4. Hadi,h reported by Ahmad.

  5. Ibn Hisham, AsSirah an-Nalial4ifyyah (Beirut: D ar al-)il, n.d.), 3:20.

  6. The Christian tribes lived on the outskirts of Medina, and this agreement did
    not directly apply to them.

  7. In modern terms, we ',1,1)u1d say that they enjoyed full dtizenshlp.

  8. Ibn Hisham, As-Jirah I1n-i'labaMwah, 3:31. Polytheists in l\l ccca kept express-
    ing their hostility and their desire to fight, since Muhammad's settlement in
    Yathrib amounted to humiliation and defeat for them.

  9. In particular, of course, in the different brnches of Islam's first applied sci-
    ence (al:ftqh, Islamic law and jurisprudence).

  10. Quran,17:34.

  11. H adith reported by al-Bukhari.

  12. Quran, 3:2-4.

  13. Verses 108 to 116 in surah 4 , "An-Nisa" (Women).

  14. Quran, 4:112.

  15. Quran. 5:8.
    2 4. Surah "A1-Baqarah" (l' he Cow), which is also the longest surah in the Quran.

  16. Ibn Kathie, T aftir alQuran (Mu/ehfalar) (Cairo: D ar as-Saburu), 1:27-37.

  17. Quran.2:8-9.

  18. Quran, 2:14.

  19. Hadith reported by Ahmad and Muslim. A hadith qudli is a Prophetic tradi-
    tio n in which God speaks through the Prophet's \wds. Unlike the Quran,
    this is an insp iration verbalized b y the Prophet.

  20. T h is is one of God's names.


Chapter 9: Medina, Ufo, and Il7ar


  1. Commentators have oftcn made a difference bet\'een twO types o f expedi-
    tions: aHarfD'ah (pi. !arqya), in which the Prophet did not take part, and al-
    gha:(JJ'ah (pI. ghazaU'a), in which he was present.

  2. Quran. 22:39-40.

  3. Quran, 22:40.

  4. Quran. 2:25 t.

  5. Q uran, 2:30.

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