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The exiled Jews of Bani Nadir who had settled in Khaybar were determined to recover the land they had lost. Their hopes…

The Prophet now led his Companions down into the plain. Harith ibn as-Simmah had been sent on ahead to look for the…

The earlier half of this same year of rejoicing, the eighth year after the Hijrah, was also a time of bereavement. The…

The sun was setting as they approached the city and they prayed the sunset prayer as soon as they reached the Mosque.…

As they return from Badr, the return from Tabuk was fraught with sadness: another daughter of the Prophet, Umm Kulthum, had died…

Fatimah, the widow of Abu Talib, had entered Islam, either before or after her husband’s death, and so had her daughter Umm…

They had only a few hours to rest. When the noon prayer had been prayed Gabriel came to the Prophet. He was…

The truce with Mecca made it possible to concentrate on the dangers which lay to the north. The greatest of these was…

When the victorious army reached Medina after their seven weeks’ absence they found that Ja’far and his companions were already there. He…

The Prophet now encouraged his followers in Mecca to emigrate to Yathrib. But one of them had already done so. The death…