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The Succession to Muhammad

Author : Wilferd Madelung

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 436 pages

File Size : 32,28 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780521646963

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In a comprehensive study of early Islamic history, Wilferd Madelung examines the conflict which developed after Muhammad's death for the leadership of the Muslim community. He pursues the history of this conflict through the reign of the four 'Rightly Guided' caliphs to its climax in the first inter-Muslim war. The outcome of the war, which marked the demise of the reign of the Early Companions, resulted in the lasting schism between Sunnite and Shi'ite Islam. Contrary to recent scholarly trends, the author brings out Ali's early claim to legitimate succession, which gained support from the Shi'a, and offers a convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history. This book will make a major contribution to the debate over succession. Wilferd Madelung's book The Succession to Muhammad has been awarded the Best Book of the Year prize by the Islamic Republic of Iran for the year 1997.



Muhammad's Cousin

Author : Anny Rehwaldt Meyer

Publisher : America Star Books

Page : 367 pages

File Size : 11,6 MB

Release : 2016-10-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1683944194

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Muhammad grew up in Arabia in the midst of an entrenched Bedouin culture of vengeance. The love and kindness of his grandfather turned him into a gentle, loving man who wanted to show his people a better way of life. Against this tableau is a story of romance and adventure for both Muhammad and his cousin.



The Prophet's Heir

Author : Hassan Abbas

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 16,58 MB

Release : 2021-02-23

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0300252056

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The life and legacy of one of Mohammad’s closest confidants and Islam’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad’s political successor—and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. Abbas reveals how, after Mohammad, Ali assumed the spiritual mantle of Islam to spearhead the movement that the prophet had led. While Ali’s teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali’s legacy and message stands against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban.



Muhammad

Author : Martin Lings

Publisher :

Page : 361 pages

File Size : 33,88 MB

Release : 1991

Category : Muslims

ISBN : 9780946621255

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Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings' Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is a book which will be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad's life and those coming to it for the first time. Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources was given an award by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad in 1983.



Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Jonathan A.C. Brown

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 27,10 MB

Release : 2011-03-24

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0199559287

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Drawing on traditional Muslim sources, Michael Cook describes Muhammad's life and teaching. He also attempts to stand back from this traditional picture to show how far it is historically justified.



After the Prophet

Author : Lesley Hazleton

Publisher : Anchor

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 25,6 MB

Release : 2010-09-07

Category : History

ISBN : 0385523947

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In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam was embroiled in civil war, pitting its founder's controversial wife Aisha against his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s ideal of unity. Combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the volatile intersection of religion and politics, psychology and culture, and history and current events. It is an indispensable guide to the depth and power of the Shia–Sunni split.



The Heirs Of The Prophet Muhammad

Author : Barnaby Rogerson

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 366 pages

File Size : 45,78 MB

Release : 2010-11-04

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0748124705

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The Prophet Muhammad taught the word of God to the Arabs. Within a generation of his death, his followers - as vivid a cast of heroic individuals as history has known - had exploded out of Arabia to confront the two great superpowers of the seventh-century and establish Islam and a new civilization. That the protagonists originated from the small oasis communities of central Arabia gives their adventures, their rivalries, their loves and their achievements an additional vivacity and intimacy. So that on one hand, THE HEIRS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD is a swaggering saga of ambition, immense achievement, self-sacrificing nobility and blood rivalry, while on the other it allows us to understand some of the complexities of our modern world. For within this fifty-year span of conquest and empire-building, Barnaby Rogerson also identifies the seeds of discord that destroyed the unity of Islam, and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims to the rivalry of the two individuals who best knew and loved the Prophet: his cousin and son-in-law Ali and his wife Aisha.



Hazrat Umme Haani

Author : Naseera Syaal

Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd

Page : 20 pages

File Size : 38,91 MB

Release : 2024-01-21

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1848808755

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This book is a short biography of Hazrat Umme Haani(ra), one of the first cousins of our beloved Master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad(sas). Hazrat Umme Haani(ra) was the daughter of Hazrat Abu Taalib and the sister of Hazrat Ali(ra). This means that she had the honour of being raised in the same household as the Holy Prophet Muhammad(sa). In this way, she has a special place in the history of Islam. Hazrat Umme Haani(ra) was a humble and pious woman and possessed a high level of knowledge.



Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies

Author : Sarah Bowen Savant

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 21,10 MB

Release : 2014-04-08

Category : Reference

ISBN : 0748644989

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These case studies link genealogical knowledge to particular circumstances in which it was created, circulated and promoted. They stress the malleability of kinship and memory, and the interests this malleability serves. From the Prophet's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge.



My Name Used to be Muhammad

Author : Tito Momen

Publisher : Shadow Mountain

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 45,8 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Christian converts from Islam

ISBN : 9781609077105

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Tito Momen was raised to observe the strict and radical teachings of Islam but later he was introduced to Christianity and baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a decision which lead to estrangement from his family and imprisonment.