Acknowledgments
Preface
Translator's Foreword
The Events of the Year 1 (622-623)
The First Friday Prayer
The Sermon of the Messenger of God at the First Friday Prayer
The Choice of a Site for Mosque and House
Deaths and Minor Events
The Marriage with `A'ishah
Further Reports Concerning This
Muslim Women Brought to Medina
Prayers of Travellers
Births
Expedition Led by Hamzah
Expedition Led by `Ubayadah
Expedition Led by Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas
Expedition Led by Muhammad to al-Abwa'
Further Details About Expeditions
Expeditions Led by Muhammad
Affair of Abu Qays
The Events of the Year 2 (623-624)
Expeditions Led by the Messenger of God
`Ali and the Name Abu Turab
A Variant Account
`Ali Marries Fatimah
Expedition to Nakhlah
Questions After the Return to Medina
Expedition of Nakhlah—Another Account
Further Details About the Expedition of Nakhlah
Other Events of the Second Year of the Hijrah
The Change of Qiblah
Arrangements About Fasting
The Battle of Badr—the Date
The Account of the Greater Battle of Badr in the Letter of `Urwah
Another account
Account of Badr by Ibn Ishaq
The Dream of `Atikah, and the Relief Force
The Number of Muslims at Badr
The Advance of the Muslims to Badr
Abu Sufyan Takes Evasive Action
The Advance of Quraysh
Preparations and Discussions of Quraysh
The Fighting Begins
Abu Jahl and Other Meccan Dead
The Division of the Booty
The Return of the Muslims to Medina
News of Defeat Reaches Mecca
The Treatment of the Captives
The Release of Zaynab's Husband
Zaynab's Journey to Medina
The Conversion of Abu al-`As
The Conversion of `Umayr b. Wahb
Discussions About the Lawfulness of Taking Captives
The Campaign Against the Banu Qaynuqa`
Celebration of the First `Id al-Adha
Minor Expeditions—Dating
The Expedition of al-Sawiq (the Barley-Meal)
Other Events of the Year
The Events of the Year 3 (624-625)
The Story of Ka`b b. al-Ashraf
The Expedition to al-Qaradah
The Killing of Abu Rafi` the Jew
The Prophet Marries Hafsah
The Expedition to Uhud
The Fighting Begins
The Muslims Retreat
Mutilation of the Muslim Dead
Various Accounts Concerning Uhud
The Expedition of Hamra' al-Asad
The Sons of `Ali
The Events of the Year 4 (625-626)
The Expedition of al-Raji`
The Mission of `Amr b. Umayyah Against Abu Sufyan
Muhammad's Marriage to Zaynab bt. Khuzaymah
The Story of Bi'r Ma`unah
The Expulsion of the Banu al-Nadir
Other Events
The Expedition of Dhat al-Riqa`
The Expedition of al-Sawiq (or Badr al-Maw`id)
Other Events
Abbreviations
Bibliography of Cited Works
Index
