The Heirs of Muhammad[In this book, the author] recounts the lives of the handful of individuals - the first four Caliphs, the Prophet's widows and the conquering generals - who led and influenced Islam after the death of Muhammad. Within this fifty-year span of conquest and empire-building, [the author] identifies the seeds of discord and civil war that destroyed the unity of Islam and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims to the rivalry of the two people who best knew and loved the Prophet: his cousin and son-in-law Ali and his wife Aisha. -Dust jacket. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Oasis Capital of the Muslim State | 11 |
First Disciple of the Prophet | 31 |
Copyright | |
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The Heirs of Muhammad: Islam's First Century and the Origins of the Sunni ... Barnaby Rogerson No preview available - 2008 |
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Abbasid Abdullah Abu Bakr Abu Sufyan Aisha al-As al-Qadisiya Alexandria Ali's Amr's Arab Arab armies Badr Bakr's Basra battle Bedouin Bedouin tribes believers BINT brother Byzantine Empire Caliph camels camp caravan Christian clan command Companions conquest convert to Islam cousin Damascus daughter death desert early Islam Egypt faith father Fatimah fighting force fought frontier Fustat garrison cities Ghassanid governor Hafsah Hasan Heirs Holy honour household Husayn ibn Abu ibn Harith Imam Iraq Islam Khadijah Khalid Kharijites Khaybar Koran Kufa land later marriage Mecca Messenger military mosque mother Muawiya Mughira Muhammad Muslim Muslim army never oasis oasis of Medina Omar Omar's once pagan Palestine Persian political prayer Prophet Muhammad Quraysh raid Ridda Ridda Wars rode Saad sheikh Shia siege soldiers Sunni sword Syria Talha tradition tribal Ubaydallah Umayyad Umm Salamah Uthman verses victory warriors wife wives Yarmuk Yazid Yemen young Zayd Zaynab Zubayr