The Beginning of the Messenger of God’s Illness

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. About this Paperback iv
4. Contents ix
5. Foreword xi
6. Acknowledgements xiii
7. Introduction xv
8. A Note on the Text xxxv
9. Timeline xxxix
10. Arabia and the Near East in the 7th Century xli
11. Mecca and Medina during the Lifetime of the Prophet xlii
12. Notes to the Frontmatter xliii
13. The Expeditions
14. The Digging of the Well of Zamzam 3
15. The Expedition of Ḥudaybiyah 18
16. The Incident at Badr 33
17. The Combatants Whom the Prophet Took Captive at Badr 38
18. The Incident Involving the Hudhayl Tribe at al-Rajī 39
19. The Incident Concerning the Clan of al-Naḍīr 43
20. The Incident at Uḥud 49
21. The Incident Involving the United Clans and the Qurayẓah Clan 52
22. The Incident at Khaybar 57
23. The Expedition of the Triumph 60
24. The Incident at Ḥunayn 66
25. Those Who Emigrated to Abyssinia 71
26. The Story of the Three Who Remained Behind 81
27. Those Who Failed to Accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk Expedition 87
28. The Story of the Aws and the Khazraj 89
29. The Story of the Slander 92
30. The Story of the People of the Pit 99
31. The Story of the Companions of the Cave 103
32. The Construction of the Temple of Jerusalem 106
33. The Beginning of the Messenger of God’s Illness 109
34. The Oath of Fealty to Abū Bakr at the Portico of the Sāʿidah Clan 117
35. What ʿUmar Said about the Members of the Shura 123
36. Abū Bakr’s Designation of ʿUmar as His Successor 126
37. The Oath of Fealty Pledged to Abū Bakr 127
38. The Expedition of Dhāt al-Salāsil and the Story of ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah 129
39. The Story of al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿIlāṭ 142
40. The Dispute between ʿAlī and al-ʿAbbās 145
41. The Story of Abū Luʾluʾah, ʿUmar’s Assassin 150
42. The Story of the Shura 156
43. The Expeditions to al-Qādisiyyah and Elsewhere 158
44. The Marriage of Fāṭimah 161
45. Notes 167
46. Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms 208
47. Genealogical Table of the Quraysh of Mecca 242
48. Bibliography 243
49. Further Reading 256
50. Index 259
51. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 271
52. About the Translator 272
53. The Library of Arabic Literature 273