Notes

NOTES 1. Dr Michael Hart, The Hundred, New York, 1978. 2. Philip K. Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History, London, 1960, p. 23. 3. Quran, 33:40. 4. Quran, 16:35. 5. Quran, 36:30. 6. Bible, Habakkuk, 2.14. 7. Quran, 61:6. 8. The Prophet’s cousin and son-inlaw. 9. World Muslim Gazette published by Mu’tamaral- ‘Alam-al-lslami, 1971 10. Ibn Hisham, Sirah, vol 1, p. 644. 11. Arabian kingdom was prominent as a Byzantine ally in the 6th century A.D. 12. Konstan Virgil George (b 1917), The Prophet of Islam. 13. Quran, 93:7. 14. Quran, 94:1-3. 15. Hadith of Razin (Jami’al-Usul fi Ahadeth ar-Rasul by Ibn Athir, Hadith no. 9317). 16. Ibn Hibban, Sahih, Hadith no. 361. 17. Miswak, a stick used as a dentifrice. 18 Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Hadith no. 7018. 19. Rak’at, a section of prayer. 20. Quran, 3:128. 21. Muslim, Sahih, Hadith no. 1792. 22. Quran, 68:5 23. Al-Tirmidhi, Sunan, Hadith no. 2007. 24. Imam Ahmad, Musnad, Hadith no. 17452. 25. Quran, 3:159. 26. Quran, 24:22. 27. Quran, 4:58 28. Quran, 33:21. 29. Al-Tirmidhi, Sunan, Hadith no. 1421; Al-Nasa’I, Sunan, Hadith no. 4106. 30. Ibn Hisham, Sirah, vol. 1, p. 320. 31. Ibn Hisham, Sirah, vol. 2, p. 29. 32. Quran, 9: 19 - 20. 33. Ibn Hisham, Sirah, vol. 2, p. 205. and Ibn Kathir, Sirah, vol. 3, p. 162-64, and Al-Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwah, vol 3, p. 374. 34. Ibn Hisham, Sirah vol. 2, p. 64. 35. Ibn Hisham, Sirah vol. 2, p. 64. 36. Tarikh al-Tabari, vol 3, pp. 40-41. 37. Ibn Hisham, Sirah vol. 2, pp. 30910. 38. A minor pilgrimage which, unlike Hajj proper, need not be performed at a particular time of the year and which entails fewer ceremonies. 39. Quran, 4:26. 40. Quran, 26:3. 41. Al-Bukhari, Sahih, Hadith no 4993.