230 Non! 10 Pagn 182-192
- Ibn Hisham, As-Sirah dn-Nabawmah (Beirut: Dar al-Jil, n .d.). 5:111 n. 1,
5:128. - Ibid., 5: 113.
- Ibid., 5:114.
- Qutan,9:25-26.
- Quran, 9:60.
- Hadith reported by al-Bukhan and Muslim.
- Ibn Hisham, Ar-.-'!irah an-Nabtlwiyyah, 5:166.
- Ibid., 5:176.
- I bid., 5:177.
- Quran, 109:6.
- Between three and nine years, since the Arabic word bid means any number
from three to nine. - Quran, 30 :2-5.
- Tbn Hisham, As-Jirah an-i\TabawfD'ah, 5:214.
- T ills was exactly how Umar ibn al~Khattab, then the caliph, was to under-
Stand it several years Iatcr when he gave back to Christian and Jewish trices
the whole jiiJah they had paid while telling their chiefs, before an upcoming
conflict, that he was unable to ensure their protection. - Quran, 9: 118.
- Ibn Hisham, As-5imh al1-NabalJ/!Jyah, 5:219.
- Ibid., 5:248. In fact, most probably it was the ninth and the beginning of the
tenth ycar of bijrah (end of 63O-bcginning of 631 CE). - Tbn Hisham, As-Sirah al1-Naball'!Jyah, 5:229.
- "Bismi~h ar-Rdhmal1 ar-Rdhim" ([1 begin] in the name of God, the Most
Gracious, the 110st Merciful). T he reasons for this absence have been given
various interpretations by i\IusHm scholars: some consider that it is du e to
the very contents of the surah, which deals with idolaters and war, while oth-
er s ,hink that it is merely the continuation of surah 8. - Some traditionists place the Najran <...lltistian delegation's visit during that
year of the delegations, i.e., long after Badr. Others, such as Ibn Hisham,
consider that a second encounter took place at that time and that the Najran
Christians afterward converted to Islam. - Quran, 9:18.
- Some scholars, however, particularly those of the Maliki school, consider
that the prohibition applies to all mosques. - Hadith reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
- Hadith reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
- Zaynab had also died some time before, and the Prophet had personally
given instructions as to how her body should be washed.