Browsing: Life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

We discussed the Battle of Uhud. They came to Medina from Mecca with three thousand soldiers. Their intention was to…

Remember the martyrs of Uhud through reports about Hamza, Mus‘ab ibn Umayr, burial arrangements, grief and the religious meaning of martyrdom.

What the Quran and an eyewitness hadith teach about the Battle of Uhud: obedience, setbacks, accountability, compassion and rebuilding after loss.

How the Muslim community responded after Uhud: grief, Quranic correction, care for the wounded and the expedition to Hamra al-Asad.

What the Quran and authenticated reports establish about the Banu Nadir conflict, their exile from Madinah and the distribution of property afterward.

In this episode of Sirat, we are entering the fifth year of the Hijri. This year has been quite eventful.…

How the defence of Madinah combined a trench, shared labour and endurance, with Quranic passages and hadith distinguished from later historical accounts.

The withdrawal of the allied forces at the Trench: proposed negotiations, severe weather, Hudhayfa’s mission and the sources describing the outcome.

A careful account of Banu Qurayza after the Trench: the campaign, Sa‘d’s judgment, captivity and the evidence and limits of the surviving reports.

A careful account of Zaynab bint Jahsh’s marriage to the Prophet, Zayd ibn Harithah’s place in the story and the Quranic reform of adoption terminology.