04-Sira, English: The life of Muhammad according to Ibn Hisham

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04. THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD ACCORDING TO IBN HISHAM

According to Muhammad Ibn Ishaq (died 767 A.D.) -- Edited by Abd al-Malik Ibn Hischam (died 834 A.D.) -- An edited translation from Arabic, originally by Alfred Guillaume
A selection with annotations by Abd al-Masih and Salam Falaki

This course contains the SIRA of Ibn Hisham, a biography of Muhammad, and after the Koran the second most important source of Islam. We have divided this primordial text of Islam into 11 booklets:

01 - Muhammad BEFORE the rise of Islam -- (570 to 610 A.D.)

02 - The BEGINNING of Islam with Muhammad -- (610 to 615 A.D.)

03 - Growing RESISTANCE of Mecca towards Muhammad -- (616 to 619 A.D.)

04 - The rise of the new power base of Muhammad in MEDINA -- (619 to 622 A.D.)

05 - MOCKERY of the Jews and the first military campaigns of Muhammad -- (623 A.D.)

06 - Muhammad's BATTLE of Badr -- (624 A.D.)

07 - Muhammad's WARS Around Medina -- (625 - 627 A.D.)

08 - The RECOGNITION of Muhammad by the Meccans -- (627 - 629 A.D.)

09 - Muhammad's CONQUEST of Mecca and Its Environs -- (January to March 630 A.D.)

10 - The EXTENSION of Muhammad's Realm -- (630 and 631 A.D.)

11 - The Last Year of MUHAMMAD -- (632 A.D.)

Sira 01 - Muhammad BEFORE the rise of Islam -- (570 bis 610 n.Chr.)

The Ancestors of Muhammad -- The Birth of Muhammad and his Childhood -- Muhammad's Marriage to Khadija

1.01 -- Titel

1.02 -- Foreword

1.03 -- The Ancestors of Muhammad

1.03.1 -- Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of Muhammad

1.03.2 -- The quarrel over the well of Zamzam in Mecca

1.03.3 -- Abd al-Muttalib's vow

1.04 -- The Birth of Muhammad and his Childhood (approx. 570 A.D.)

1.04.1 -- How the father of Muhammad, Abdallah, married

1.04.2 -- Events during the pregnancy of Amina, the mother of Muhammad

1.04.3 -- The birth and nourishment of the Messenger of Allah (approx. 570 A.D.)

1.04.4 -- The death of Amina, Muhammad's mother, and of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib (approx. 576 and 578 A.D.)

1.04.5 -- Muhammad with his uncle Abu Talib (after approx. 578 A.D.)

1.05 -- Muhammad's Marriage to Khadija (approx. 595 A.D.)

1.05.1 -- The antecedent history

1.05.2 -- Muhammad's marriage and children with Khadija (after approx. 595 A.D.)

1.06 -- Test

Sira 02 - The BEGINNING of Islam with Muhammad -- (610 to 615 A.D.)

Muhammad's Prophethood -- The rise of the first Islamic Community -- The Opposition of the Meccans -- The First Migration to Abyssinia.

2.01 -- Titel

2.02 -- Muhammad's Prophethood

2.02.1 -- How Muhammad mediated the quarrel regarding the holy stone in Mecca

2.02.2 -- Concerning the belief in Jinn in Mecca

2.02.3 -- Encounters with Jews

2.02.4 -- The seekers of God (the Hanifites)

2.02.5 -- How the messenger of Allah is purportedly prophesied in the Gospel

2.02.6 -- The first visions of Muhammad (approx. 610 A.D.)

2.02.7 -- How Muhammad's wife Khadija tested his revelations

2.03 -- The rise of the first Islamic Community (starting approx. 610 A.D.)

2.03.1 -- The privileged position of Khadija, Muhammad's wife

2.03.2 -- When the revelations ceased

2.03.3 -- The beginning of the obligation to pray

2.03.4 -- Muhammad's cousin, Ali, becomes the first male believer

2.03.5 -- The freed slave of Muhammad, Zaid ibn Haritha, becomes the second male to follow Islam

2.03.6 -- The conversion and the zeal of Abu Bakr, the future father-in-law of Muhammad

2.04 -- The Opposition of the Meccans (starting approx. 613 A.D.)

2.04.1 -- The spread of Islam among the tribal members

2.04.2 -- Muhammad under the protection of his uncle, Abu Talib

2.04.3 -- The campaign of slander by the Quraish against Muhammad

2.04.4 -- What Muhammad's own people did to him

2.04.5 -- The conversion of Hamza

2.04.6 -- How ‘Utba ibn Rabi‘a became convinced of Muhammad

2.04.7 -- The quarrel between Muhammad and the Quraish intensifies

2.04.8 -- Abu Jahl's attempted murder of Muhammad

2.04.9 -- Al-Nadr ibn al-Harith - widely travelled opponent of Muhammad

2.04.10 -- How the Quraish had the Rabbis interrogated

2.04.11 -- Opposition in Mecca towards the recitation of Suras

2.04.12 -- How the Quraishites reacted to the recitations of Muhammad

2.04.13 -- The Battle against the companions of Muhammad

2.05 -- The First Migration to Abyssinia (approx. 615 A.D.)

2.05.1 -- The first flight of some Moslems

2.05.2 -- The extradition request of the Quraishites

2.05.3 -- The Negus questions the migrants

2.05.4 -- What the migrants told the Negus about ‘Isa

2.05.5 -- The indignation of the Abysinnians against the Negus

2.06 -- Test

Sira 03 - Growing RESISTANCE of Mecca towards Muhammad -- (616 to 619 A.D.)

The Growing Boycott of the Meccans -- Muhammad's Vision of his Ascent to Heaven.

3.01 -- Titel

3.02 -- The Growing Boycott of the Meccans (starting approx. 616 A.D.)

3.02.1 -- The conversion of Umar ibn al-Khattab (approx. 616 A.D.)

3.02.2 -- The steadfastness of Umar in the Islamic faith

3.02.3 -- In the ravine of Abu Talib

3.02.4 -- The uncle of Muhammad, Abu Lahab, and his wife Umm Jamil

3.02.5 -- The prohibition of mocking the gods

3.02.6 -- Those who will be fuel in hell

3.02.7 -- Concerning the resurrection of the dead

3.02.8 -- The dispute between Muhammad and the Quraishite idol worshipers

3.02.9 -- The tree Zaqqum in hell

3.02.10 -- Regarding Ibn Umm Maktum - the blind

3.02.11 -- Of those who returned from Abyssinia

3.02.12 -- Regarding the courage of Uthman

3.02.13 -- Of Abu Satama and his protection

3.02.14 -- Regarding Abu Bakr

3.02.15 -- How the ban of the Banu Hashim and Muttalib was lifted (approx. 619 A.D.)

3.02.16 -- How Muhammad converted Rukana

3.02.17 -- The arrival of a Christian deputation from Abyssinia

3.02.18 -- “Should Allah have pardoned men such as these?”

3.02.19 -- Muhammad and Jabr - the Christian

3.02.20 -- How the Sura al-Kawthar was revealed

3.03 -- Muhammad's Vision of his Ascent to Heaven (approx. 619 A.D.)

3.03.1 -- Muhammad‘s night-time journey and vision during an ascension to heaven

3.03.2 -- The description of Muhammad

3.03.3 -- The ascension to heaven and the wonders that Muhammad saw therein

3.03.4 -- How Allah prevented the mockers from doing harm

3.03.5 -- The deaths of Abu Talib and Khadija (approx. 619 A.D.)

3.04 -- Test

Sira 04 - The rise of the new power base of Muhammad in MEDINA -- (619 to 622 A.D.)

Muhammad Departs Mecca -- Muhammad's Migration to Medina -- The Establishment of a City State of Muslims, Jews and Animists.

4.01 -- Titel

4.02 -- Muhammad Departs Mecca (after 619 A.D.)

4.02.1 -- How Muhammad sought help from the Thaqif

4.02.2 -- Addas the Christian recognizes Muhammad as Prophet

4.02.3 -- Regarding the jinn that believed

4.02.4 -- Muhammad proclaims Islam to the Bedouin tribes

4.02.5 -- The beginning of Islam in Yathrib (approx. 620 A.D.)

4.02.6 -- Of the first gathering in al-'Aqaba (621 A.D.)

4.02.7 -- The conversion of two tribal princes in Yathrib

4.02.8 -- Of the second gathering in al-'Aqaba (622 A.D.)

4.02.9 -- How the Quraish came to the Ansar

4.02.10 -- How Sa'd was captured and then freed

4.02.11 -- The history of an idol

4.02.12 -- The oath on the hill

4.02.13 -- Muhammad receives the commandent to wage war

4.02.14 -- The emigration of the last companions (622 A.D.)

4.02.15 -- The leaders of the Quraish resolve to have Muhammad killed

4.02.16 -- Muhammad leaves his residence (622 A.D.)

4.03 -- Muhammad's Migration to Medina (622 A.D.)

4.03.1 -- The sojourn of Muhammad and Abu Bakr in the cave

4.03.2 -- How Abu Quhafa came to Asma'

4.03.3 -- The stations of Muhammad's emigration

4.03.4 -- Muhammad's arrival in Quba', an outpost of Medina (September 622 A.D.)

4.03.5 -- How Muhammad chose his dwelling in Medina

4.03.6 -- The building of the first mosque

4.03.7 -- How the emigrants followed Muhammad to Medina

4.03.8 -- Muhammad's first sermon

4.03.9 -- Muhammad's second sermon

4.04 -- The Establishment of a City State of Muslims, Jews and Animists (after 622 A.D.)

4.04.1 -- Muhammad decrees a fundamental law

4.04.2 -- The avowal of friendship of the Emigrants and the Helpers

4.04.3 -- The death of Abu Umama

4.04.4 -- The beginning of the Call to Prayer

4.04.5 -- The names of opponents among the Jews

4.04.6 -- The conversion of the Jewish Rabbi Abdallah ibn Salam

4.04.7 -- The conversion of the Jewish Rabbi Mukhairiq

4.05 -- Test

Sira 05 - MOCKERY of the Jews and the first military campaigns of Muhammad -- (623 A.D.)

The Resistance and Mockery of the the Jews -- Holy War Enters a New Stage.

5.01 -- Titel

5.02 -- The Resistance and Mockery of the the Jews (after 623 A.D.)

5.02.1 -- A testimony of Safiyya

5.02.2 -- Of the hypocrites among the helpers who sided with the Jews

5.02.3 -- How the hypocrites were driven from the mosque

5.02.4 -- What was revealed in Sura “al-Baqara”

5.02.5 -- How Jews and Christians disputed before Muhammad

5.02.6 -- What the Jews said when the direction of prayer was changed (January 624 A.D.)

5.02.7 -- Muhammad's discourse at the bazaar of the Jewish Banu Qaynuqa' in Medina

5.02.8 -- How Muhammad went into a Jewish school

5.02.9 -- The incident between Abu Bakr and Finhas

5.02.10 -- How the Jews denied the revelation

5.02.11 -- How they united together to kill Muhammad

5.02.12 -- Muhammad and the punishment for adultery

5.02.13 -- How the Jews denied the prophethood of Christ

5.02.14 -- The delegation of Christians from Najran in Medina

5.02.15 -- Regarding the hypocrites

5.02.16 -- Mention of the companions of Muhammad that were ill

5.02.17 -- Determination of the time of the migration (24. September 622 A.D.)

5.03 -- Holy War Enters a New Stage (Following the Spring of 623 A.D.)

5.03.1 -- The military campaign to Waddan (August 623 A.D.)

5.03.2 -- Further enemy confrontations (March-Sept. 623 A.D.)

5.03.3 -- The campaign of 'Uschayra (December 623 A.D.)

5.03.4 -- The military campaign to Safwan (Sept. 623 A.D.)

5.03.5 -- The dispatching of Abdallah ibn Jahsch to Nakhla and the revelation regarding battle during the holy month (January 624 A.D.)

5.03.6 -- How the Jews understood the event to be a bad omen for Muhammad

5.03.7 -- When the direction of prayer (Qibla) was changed (January 624 A.D.)

5.04 -- Test

Sira 06 - Muhammad's BATTLE of Badr -- (624 A.D.)

The Battle of Badr and its Consequences (15 March 624 A.D. and following)

6.01 -- Title

6.02 -- The Battle of Badr and its Consequences (15 March 624 A.D. and following)

6.02.1 -- How it came to the Battle of Badr*

6.02.2 -- The Dream of the Daughter of Abd al-Muttalib

6.02.3 -- Muhammad's setting out from Medina

6.02.4 -- “Give me News of the Qurayshites!”

6.02.5 -- Abu Sufyan's Message to the Qurayshites

6.02.6 -- The Camp of the Qurayshites in ‘Udwa

6.02.7 -- The Killing of al-Aswad the Makhzumite

6.02.8 -- ‘Utba Challenges to Individual Combat

6.02.9 -- The Battle

6.02.10 -- Muhammad Implores Allah for Help

6.02.11 -- Muhammad Spurs his People on to Battle

6.02.12 -- Muhammad Slings Sand at the Unbelievers

6.02.13 -- Muhammad Forbids the Killing of Specific Idolaters

6.02.14 -- The Death of Umaiyya ibn Khalaf

6.02.15 -- The Killing of Abu Jahl ibn Hisham

6.02.16 -- How the Unbelievers Were Cast Into the Well

6.02.17 -- Regarding the Prisoners and Booty of Badr

6.02.18 -- The Killing of al-Nadr and ‘Uqba

6.02.19 -- How News of the Defeat Reached Mecca

6.02.20 -- The Capturing of Abu al-‘As ibn Rabi’

6.02.21 -- Zainab's Departure to Medina

6.02.22 -- The Conversion of Abu al-As ibn Rabi’

6.02.23 -- The Conversion of ‘Umayr ibn Wahb

6.02.24 -- Regarding the Revelation of the eighth Sura “Al-Anfal” (the Spoils of War)

6.02.25 -- The Names of the Moslems who were Present at Badr

6.02.26 -- The Names of the Moslems who Fell at Badr

6.02.27 -- The Campaign of Sawiiq (May and June 624 A.D.)

6.02.28 -- The Campaigns to Dhu Amar (July 624 A.D.) and al-Furu’ by Bahran (October and November 624 A.D.)

6.02.29 -- The Besieging of the Jewish Tribe of the Banu Qaynuqa’* in Medina (April 624 A.D.)

6.02.30 -- The Sending of Zaid ibn Haritha to Al-Qarada (November 624 A.D.)

6.02.31 -- The Murder of the Jew Ka’b ibn al-Ashraf near Medina (August and September 624 A.D.)

6.02.32 -- The Story of Muhayyisa and Huwayyisa

6.03 -- Test

Sira 07 - Muhammad's WARS Around Medina -- (625 - 627 A.D.)

The Defeat at Uhud and its Consequences (March 625 until 626 A.D.) -- The Battle of the Ditch and its Consequences (March till May 627 A.D.)

7.01 -- Title

7.02 -- The Defeat at Uhud and its Consequences (March 625 until 626 A.D.)

7.02.1 -- Events leading to the battle of Uhud

7.02.2 -- The departure of the Quraysh

7.02.3 -- Muhammad's vision

7.02.4 -- The retreat of the hypocrites

7.02.5 -- Muhammad prepares for battle

7.02.6 -- Regarding Abu Dujana

7.02.7 -- The account of the wicked Abu ‘Amir

7.02.8 -- The death of Hamza, the lord of the martyrs

7.02.9 -- The death of Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr

7.02.10 -- The story of ‘Asim ibn Thabit

7.02.11 -- Hanzala, whom the angels would have washed

7.02.12 -- The misfortune following the victory

7.02.13 -- What befell Muhammad on the day of Uhud

7.02.14 -- Regarding those who fought for Muhammad

7.02.15 -- How Muhammad reached the ravine

7.02.16 -- The grace to die as a martyr

7.02.17 -- The death of Mukhayriq

7.02.18 -- The story of al-Harith ibn Suwayd

7.02.19 -- The death of ‘Amr ibn al-Jamuh

7.02.20 -- The story of Hind and the mutilation of Hamza

7.02.21 -- The burial of the martyrs

7.02.22 -- Of washing the swords

7.02.23 -- How Muhammad pursued the enemy

7.02.24 -- The killing of Abu ‘Azza and Mu’awiya ibn al-Mughira

7.02.25 -- The snares of ‘Adal and al-Qara at the spring of Raji’ (July 625 A.D.)

7.02.26 -- The attack at the well of Ma’una (July 625 A.D.)

7.02.27 -- The banning of the Jewish tribe the Banu Nadir from Medina (August 625 A.D.)

7.02.28 -- The campaigns against the Banu Ghatafan (October 625 A.D.) and Dumat al-Jandal (August and September 626 A.D.)

7.03 -- The Battle of the Ditch and its Consequences (March till May 627 A.D.)

7.03.01 -- How a ditch was dug (March 627 A.D.)

7.03.02 -- The Quraysh before Medina

7.03.03 -- How the Jewish tribe of the Banu Qurayza broke the agreement

7.03.04 -- Muhammad sends out scouts

7.03.05 -- The Moslems in distress

7.03.06 -- Some unbelievers cross the ditch

7.03.07 -- The courageous deed of Saffiya, the daughter of Abd Al-Muttalib

7.03.08 -- How the unbelievers were disunited by trickery

7.03.09 -- Hudhaifa in the camp of the enemies

7.03.10 -- The angel Gabriel's declaration of war against the Jewish tribe of the Banu Qurayza

7.03.11 -- The besieging of the Jewish Banu Qurayza in Medina (May 627 A.D.)

7.03.12 -- Abu Lubaba and his repentance

7.03.13 -- The Jewish Banu Qurayza surrender (May 627 A.D.)

7.03.14 -- The execution of the Jewish tribe of the Banu Qurayza in Medina (May 627 A.D.)

7.03.15 -- Zubair ibn Bata disdains his pardon

7.03.16 -- The story of the Jewish boys ‘Atiyya and Rifa’a

7.03.17 -- The division of the booty from the Jewish Banu Qurayza

7.03.18 -- The Jewess Rayhana becomes Muhammad's wife

7.03.19 -- The death of Sa’d ibn Mu’adh

7.03.20 -- The listing of the martyrs from the battle of the ditch

7.03.21 -- The killing of the Jewish judge Sallam Abu Raafi’ in Khaybar (June 627 A.D.)

7.03.22 -- The conversion of ‘Amr ibn al-‘As

7.04 -- Test

Sira 08 - The RECOGNITION of Muhammad by the Meccans -- (627 - 629 A.D.)

Further Military Campaigns (627 A.D.) - The Recognition of Muhammad by the Quraish (628 A.D.) - Before the Conquest of Mecca (629 A.D.)

8.01 -- Title

8.02 -- Further Military Campaigns (627 A.D.)

8.02.1 -- The campaign of revenge against the Banu Lihyan in Ghuran (Sept. 627 A.D.)

8.02.2 -- The campaign of Dhu Qarad (August 627 A.D.)

8.02.3 -- The campaign against the Banu al-Mustaliq (Jan. 627/8 A.D.)

8.02.4 -- Juwayriya, of the Banu al-Mustaliq, becomes one of Muhammad's wives (Jan. 627/8 A.D.)

8.02.5 -- How Aisha was slandered (Jan. 727/8 A.D.)

8.03 -- The Recognition of Muhammad by the Quraish (628 A.D.)

8.03.1 -- Muhammad's pilgrimage (March 628 A.D.)

8.03.2 -- The Obeisance of Good Will (March 628 A.D.)

8.03.3 -- The treaty of Hudaybiya (March 628 A.D.)

8.03.4 -- The right of migrant women

8.03.5 -- The excursion against the Jews in Khaybar (May to June 628 A.D.)

8.03.6 -- Muhammad's prayer near Khaybar

8.03.7 -- What the inhabitants of Khaybar said when they saw Muhammad

8.03.8 -- The camps of Muhammad during this campaign

8.03.9 -- Muhammad conquers the Jewish fortresses in Khaybar (June 628 A.D.)

8.03.10 -- Muhammad's prohibitions on the day of Khaybar

8.03.11 -- Regarding the Banu Sahm

8.03.12 -- Marhab the Jew and his death

8.03.13 -- Ali's heroic deed on the day of Khaybar

8.03.14 -- Abu al-Yasar - the Swift

8.03.15 -- The Jewess Safiyya (June 628 A.D.)

8.03.16 -- The torture and execution of the Jew Kinana, the guardian of the Jewish treasury in Khaybar (June 628 A.D.)

8.03.17 -- The peace pact of Khaybar

8.03.18 -- The attack upon Muhammad's life with a poisoned sheep and the campaign against the Jews in Wadi-al Qura (June 627/8)

8.03.19 -- The thieving slave

8.03.20 -- Muhammad's marriage with the Jewess Safiyya (June 628 A.D.)

8.03.21 -- How the morning prayer was forgotten

8.03.22 -- A woman of the Banu Ghifar speak

8.03.23 -- The martyrdom of the shepherd al-Aswad

8.03.24 -- The trickery of Hajjaj

8.03.25 -- The division of the booty at Khaybar

8.03.26 -- The story of Abdallah ibn Sahl

8.03.27 -- The subsequent exiling of the Jews from Khaybar (after 636 A.D.)

8.04 -- Before the Conquest of Mecca (629 A.D.)

8.04.1 -- The contracted pilgrimage (March 629 A.D.)

8.04.2 -- Muhammad's pilgrimage entry into Mecca (March 629 A.D.)

8.04.3 -- Muhammad's marriage with Maimuna in Mecca (March 629 A.D.)

8.04.4 -- Muhammad's departure from Mecca and his return to Medina (March and April 629 A.D.)

8.04.5 -- The campaign of Mu’ta: the first campaign against the Christian Byzantines (September 629)

8.04.6 -- The confrontation with the Christian Byzantines in Mu’ta (September 629 A.D.)

8.04.7 -- Muhammad announces the defeat

8.04.8 -- The entrance of the defeated troops into Medina

8.05 -- Test

Sira 09 - Muhammad's CONQUEST of Mecca and Its Environs -- (January to March 630 A.D.)

The Final Conquest of Mecca (Jan. 630 A.D.) - The Campaign of Hunain and its Consequences (March 630 A.D.)

9.01 -- Title

9.02 -- The Final Conquest of Mecca (Jan. 630 A.D.)

9.02.1 -- What brought about the military campaign to Mecca

9.02.2 -- ‘Amr ibn Salim's journey to Muhammad

9.02.3 -- The journey of Budail ibn Warqa’ to Muhammad

9.02.4 -- Abu Sufyan's arrival in Medina

9.02.5 -- Muhammad's preparations to conquer Mecca

9.02.6 -- Hatib's letter of warning

9.02.7 -- Muhammad's camp in Marr al-Zahran

9.02.8 -- Abu Sufyan confesses Islam

9.02.9 -- ‘Abbas encounters Abu Sufyan

9.02.10 -- Abu Sufyan sees the hordes of Allah

9.02.11 -- Muhammad's arrival in Dhu Tawa

9.02.12 -- How Muhammad conquered Mecca (January 630)

9.02.13 -- The men of Khandama resist

9.02.14 -- The people Muhammad ordered to be executed

9.02.15 -- Muhammad circumambulates the Ka’ba

9.02.16 -- Bilal calls to prayer at the Ka’ba

9.02.17 -- Muhammad's sermon on the day following the conquest

9.02.18 -- The talk of the Helpers

9.02.19 -- When Fadaala wanted to kill Muhammad

9.02.20 -- Safwan ibn Umaiyya

9.03 -- The Campaign of Hunain and its Consequences (March 630 A.D.)

9.03.1 -- The words of Duraid ibn al-Simma

9.03.2 -- The sending of Abdallah Ibn Abi Hadrad

9.03.3 -- The departure of Muhammad (January 630 A.D.)

9.03.4 -- The Moslems flee

9.03.5 -- Muhammad stands firm

9.03.6 -- The victory after the flight

9.03.7 -- Umm Sulaim

9.03.8 -- Abu Qatada and his spoils of war

9.03.9 -- The help of the angels

9.03.10 -- What happened after the battle

9.03.11 -- Duraid ibn al-Simma lets himself be killed

9.03.12 -- Abu ‘Amirs story ends

9.03.13 -- Muhammad forbids the killing of women

9.03.14 -- Of Bijad and Shaima

9.03.15 -- The campaign of Ta’if (February 630 A.D.)

9.03.16 -- The names of the Moslems that fell on the day of Ta’if

9.03.17 -- The conversion of Malik ibn ‘Auf al-Nasri

9.03.18 -- The distribution of the booty

9.03.19 -- Many Quraish are offered gifts

9.03.20 -- The contradiction of Dhu al-Khuwaisira al-Tamimi

9.03.21 -- What the Helpers said

9.03.22 -- The lesser pilgrimage from Ji‘rana (March 630 A.D.)

9.03.23 -- Ka’b ibn Zuhair finds grace

9.04 -- Test

Sira 10 - The EXTENSION of Muhammad's Realm -- (630 and 631 A.D.)

The Second Campaign against the Byzantines and the Outcome (October to December 630 A.D.) - The Delegations of Bedouin Tribes Honour Muhammad (631 A.D.)

10.01 -- Title

10.02 -- The Second Campaign against the Byzantines and the Outcome (October to December 630 A.D.)

10.02.1 -- The Campaign against the Christians and Jews in Tabuk (October to December 630 A.D.)

10.02.2 -- The weepers and the doubters

10.02.3 -- Abu Khaithama

10.02.4 -- The encampment in Hijr

10.02.5 -- Muhammad arrives in Christian-Jewish Tabuk

10.02.6 -- Muhammad sends Khalid to the Christian Ukaidir in Dumat al-Jandal (October 630 A.D.)'''

10.02.7 -- How Muhammad's prayer caused water to gush forth

10.02.8 -- The mosque of enmity (December 630 A.D.)

10.02.9 -- How three men who remained behind were chastened

10.02.10 -- The conversion of the Thaqifites (December 630 A.D.)

10.02.11 -- The destruction of the idol in Ta’if

10.02.12 -- The four holy months (January to April 631 A.D.)

10.02.13 -- The poem of Hassan

10.03 -- The Delegations of Bedouin Tribes Honour Muhammad (631 A.D.)

10.03.1 -- The year of deputations (631 A.D.)

10.03.2 -- The contest of the poets

10.03.3 -- Two enemies of Allah and their fate

10.03.4 -- Dimam ibn Tha‘laba, the delegate of the Banu Sa‘d ibn Bakr

10.03.5 -- Jarud the Christian becomes a Muslim

10.03.6 -- The arrival of the delegations of the Banu Hanifa with Musaylima

10.03.7 -- The arrival of Zaid al-Khail with the delegations from Tayyi’

10.03.8 -- The Christian prince ‘Adi ibn Hatim becomes Muslim

10.03.9 -- The arrival of Farwa ibn Musaik al-Muradi

10.03.10 -- The arrival of Ash’ath ibn Qays with delegates of the Christian Banu Kinda

10.03.11 -- The arrival of Surad ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi

10.03.12 -- The arrival of the messenger of the princes of Himyar

10.03.13 -- The sending of Mu‘adh to Yemen

10.03.14 -- The conversion of the governor of Mu’an

10.03.15 -- The conversion of the Christian Banu al-Harith ibn Kab (July to September 631 A.D.)

10.03.16 -- How Muhammad sent Amr ibn Hazm to them

10.03.17 -- The arrival of the delegates from Hamdan

10.03.18 -- The liars Musaylima al-Hanafi from Yamama (near Bahrain) and al-Aswad al-Ansi from San‘aa (Yemen)

10.03.19 -- The sending of the emir and commissioners for the collection of the religious tax

10.03.20 -- The writing of Musaylima

10.04 -- Test

Sira 11 - The Last Year of MUHAMMAD -- (632 A.D.)

The Final Pilgrimage of Muhammad and Further War Campaigns (before and after March 632 A.D.) - The Last Days of Muhammad, his Death and Burial (June 632 A.D.)

11.01 -- Title

11.02 -- The Final Pilgrimage of Muhammad and Further War Campaigns (before and after March 632 A.D.)

11.02.1 -- Ali's meeting with Muhammad

11.02.2 -- Muhammad's sermon at the farewell pilgrimage (March 632 A.D.)

11.02.3 -- Further missions and campaigns (June and July 632 A.D.)

11.02.4 -- Muhammad's envoys to emperors and kings

11.02.5 -- The record of all of Muhammad's military campaigns

11.02.6 -- The mention of expeditions and dispatchments in which Muhammad did not participate

11.02.7 -- News of the raid against the Banu Mulawwah (June 629 A.D.)

11.02.8 -- The raid against the Christian Judham (October and November 627 A.D.)

11.02.9 -- The campaign against the Banu Fazaara in Wadi al-Qura (November and December 627 A.D.)

11.02.10 -- The campaign for the murder of the Jew Yusair ibn Rizam in Khaybar (February and March 628 A.D.)