Muhammad at Medina (book)
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Muhammad at Medina is a book about Islam
written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt
. Oxford University Press
, 1956. It is the sequel to Muhammad at Mecca
.
Along with Muhammad at Mecca, Watt wrote a comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community. He examined a vast mass of scholarly discussion, brought a new perspective and attempted to answer many questions that had hardly been raised in the past.
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written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt
William Montgomery Watt
William Montgomery Watt was a Scottish historian, an Emeritus Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh...
. Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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, 1956. It is the sequel to Muhammad at Mecca
Muhammad at Mecca (book)
Muhammad at Mecca is a book about the Islamic prophet Muhammad's life in Mecca written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt.It was first released by Oxford University Press in 1953.Muhammad at Medina is its sequel.-Contents:...
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Along with Muhammad at Mecca, Watt wrote a comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community. He examined a vast mass of scholarly discussion, brought a new perspective and attempted to answer many questions that had hardly been raised in the past.
Contents
- I. The Provocation of Quraysh
- 1. The Situation at the Hijrah
- 2. The Earliest Expedition
- 3. The First Fighting
- 4. The Battle of Badr
- 5. The Situation after Badr
- II. The Failure of the Meccan Ripost
- 1. Muhammad prepares for the impending Struggle
- 2. Meccan Reactions to Badr
- 3. The Battle of Uhud
- 4. The Rousing of the Nomads
- 5. The Siege of Medina
- III. The Winning of the Meccans
- 1. The Expeditions in the Year after the Siege
- 2. The Expedition and Treaty of Al-Hudaybiyah
- 3. After Al-Hudaybiyah
- 4. Meccan Reactions to Muhammad's Successes
- 5. The Submission of Mecca
- 6. The Battle of Hunayn
- 7. The Consolidation of Victory
- IV. The Unifying of the Arabs
- 1. The Tribal System confronting Muhammad
- 2. The Tribes to the West of Medina and Mecca
- 3. The Tribes to the East of Medina and Mecca
- 4. The Tribes to the North
- 5. The Tribes to the South of Mecca
- 6. The Tribes in the Rest of Arabia
- 7. The Success of Muhammad's Policy
- V. The Internal Politics of Medina
- 1. Social and Political Groupings before Muhammad
- 2. Muhammad's Supporters
- 3. The Muslim Opposition
- VI. Muhammad and the Jews
- 1. The Jews of Yathrib
- 2. The Jews at the Hijrah
- 3. Muhammad's Attempts to Reconcile the Jews
- 4. The Intellectual Attack on the Jews
- 5. The Physical Attack on the Jews
- 6. Conclusion
- VII. The Character of the Islamic State
- 1. The Constitution of Medina
- 2. The Position of Muhammad
- 3. The Character of the Ummah
- 4. Finance
- VIII. The Reform of the Social Structure
- 1. Security of Life and Property
- 2. Marriage and Family
- 3. Inheritance
- 4. Miscellaneous Reforms
- 5. Conclusion
- IX. The New Religion
- 1. The Religious Institutions of Islam
- 2. Islam and Arab Paganism
- 3. Islam and Christianity
- X. The Man and his Greatness
- 1. Appearance and Manner
- 2. The Alleged Moral Failures
- 3. The Foundations of Greatness
- Excursus
- A. Further Remarks on the Sources
- B. List of Expeditions and Dates
- C. Slaves and Freedman among the Emigrants at Badr
- D. Muhammad's Letters to the Princes
- E. "Those whose hearts are reconciled"
- F. Texts of Selected Treaties
- G. The Treaties with Dumat al-Jandal
- H. List of Administrators sent out by Muhammad
- I. Zakat and Sadaqah
- J. Marriage and the Family in pre-Islamic times
- K. The technical terms in Surahs 4.24/28, 5.5/7, and 24.33
- L. Muhammad's Marriages
- Index