A Clear Victory (The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah) The futility of the Battle of Ahzab which had been the result of joint planning between the Jews and Quraysh was a cause of great frustration for the two gr...
Efforts to malign People of Faith The Banu Nadir went all out to destroy Islam and even attacked Madinah after gathering its enemies from all over the country. However, they were unable to achieve any...
Guarding the Highways of Najd After the Battle of Badr, the movements of the Quraysh around Madinah decreased and they found an alternate route for trade which reached Syria through Najd. It became ne...
Onslaughts by the Enemies of Islam In consideration of the increasing strength of Muslims, people living in and around Madinah thought it expedient to accept Islam so that when the former gained power...
The First Battle between Truth and Falsehood On reaching Badr, the Prophet (sws) sent Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas (rta), Zubayr ibn al-‘Awam (rta) and ‘Ali (rta) forward to gather information about the moveme...
The Prophet’s first full battle with the Quraysh was the Battle of Badr. This fight, in which 70 idolaters were killed and around the same number taken captive, took place on the 17th of Ramadan, 2nd...
Measures to protect Madinah It is generally believed, and also correct, that before migration, believers were not allowed to kill anyone. When Muslims, tired of constant persecution and torment from t...
The purpose of the debates with the Jews of Madinah immediately after the Prophet (sws)’s arrival was to remind them of the forgotten status they had possessed in the system of divine guidance which c...
Measures to protect Madinah It is generally believed, and also correct, that before migration, believers were not allowed to kill anyone. When Muslims, tired of constant persecution and torment from t...
The purpose of the debates with the Jews of Madinah immediately after the Prophet (sws)’s arrival was to remind them of the forgotten status they had possessed in the system of divine guidance which c...
Address to and Debate with the Jews During the Makkan phase of the prophethood of Muhammad (sws), the People of the Book in general and the Jews of Yathrab in particular had been giving advice to the...
The Madinan Phase of Prophethood Initial Activities in Madinah The issue of his residence after arriving in Madinah being settled, the Prophet (sws) sent Zayd ibn Harithah (rta) and Abu Bakr al-Siddiq...
Migration to Madinah The Plan to kill the Prophet (sws) The Quraysh lost their patience in the new circumstances. They decided to take serious steps to deal with the situation. They expressed general...
The Second Pledge of ‘Aqbah In the 13th year of prophethood, a group of 62 people from the tribe of Khazraj and 11 from that of Aws came for hajj. These 73 men and two women among them were evidence o...
The Phase of Predictions for the Prophet (sws) Islam’s Welcome in Yathrab Yathrab was a central settlement, about as far as a ten day journey north of Makkah. Two tribes: the Aws and the Khazraj, of t...
The Year of Sorrows The tenth year of prophethood was one of continuous pain and sorrow for the Prophet (sws). This is why the year is called the “Year of Sorrows” for him. During the year, his uncle,...
Warning of God’s Punishment to the Quraysh Trials for the people of Makkah When a prophet’s nation oppresses him and his followers as a show of its arrogance, God inflicts lesser and greater punishmen...
As the Quraysh realized increasingly that matters related to the new religion were getting out of their control, they proposed even more tough actions, one after the other, against the believers and t...
Criticism on the People of the Book The manner in which the Jews of Madinah used the movement of Nadr ibn Harith to damage the message of the Prophet (sws) has been discussed in detail earlier. The an...
The Migration to Abyssinia As Muslims continued to face difficulties put in their way by the Quraysh, the Qur’an impressed upon them to counter these with fortitude and firm belief, and predicted rewa...
