The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad

419 Pages·2014·5.34 MB·English

by  Mamar Ibn Rāshid

The Expeditions
Library of Arabic Literature
Editorial Board
General Editor
Philip F. Kennedy, New York University
Executive Editors
James E. Montgomery, University of Cambridge
Shawkat M. Toorawa, Cornell University
Editors
Julia Bray, University of Oxford
Michael Cooperson, University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
Devin J. Stewart, Emory University
Managing Editor
Chip Rossetti
Volume Editor
Joseph Lowry
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The Expeditions

An Early Biography of Muḥammad
by
Maʿmar ibn Rāshid
according to the recension of
ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Ṣanʿānī
Edited and translated by
Sean W. Anthony
Foreword by
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Copyright © 2014 by New York University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ma’mar ibn Rashid, -approximately 771.
[Maghazi. English]
The expeditions : an early biography of Muhammad / Mamar Ibn Rashid ;
foreword by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem ; edited and translated by Sean W. Anthony.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from Arabic.
ISBN 978-0-8147-6963-8 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-8147-3829-0 (e-book) --
ISBN 978-0-8147-2929-8 (e-book) 1. Muhammad, Prophet, -632--Biography. 2.
Islam--History. I. ‘Abd al-Razzaq ibn Hammam al-Himyari, 744-827. II.
Anthony, Sean W. III. Title.
BP75.M16 2014
297.6’3--dc23
[B]
2013047489
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Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor iii
Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction xv
Note on the Text xxx
Timeline xxxvii
Arabia and the Near East in the 7th Century xxxviii
Mecca and Medina During the Lifetime of the Prophet xxxix
Notes to the Frontmatter xl
The Expeditions 1
The Digging of the Well of Zamzam 2
The Expedition of Ḥudaybiyah 26
The Incident at Badr 50
The Combatants Whom the Prophet Took Captive at Badr 58
The Incident Involving the Hudhayl Tribe at al-Rajīʿ 60
The Incident Concerning the Clan of al-Naḍīr 66
The Incident at Uḥud 76
The Incident Involving the United Clans and the Qurayẓah Clan 82
The Incident at Khaybar 90
The Expedition of the Triumph 94
The Incident at Ḥunayn 104
Those Who Emigrated to Abyssinia 112
The Story of the Three Who Remained Behind 130
Those Who Failed to Accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk
Expedition 140
The Story of the Aws and the Khazraj 144
The Story of the Slander 148
The Story of the People of the Pit 160
The Story of the Companions of the Cave 166
The Construction of the Temple of Jerusalem 172
The Beginning of the Messenger of God’s Illness 176
The Oath of Fealty to Abū Bakr at the Portico of the Sāʿidah Clan 192
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