Muhammad at Medina (book)

Muhammad at Medina (book)

Muhammad at Medina is a book about Islam written by the non-Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt. Oxford University Press, 1956. It is the sequel to Muhammad at Mecca.

Along with Muhammad at Mecca, Watt wrote a comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community. He examined a vast mass of scholarly discussion, brought a new perspective and attempted to answer many questions that had hardly been raised in the past.

Contents

Contents

  • I. The Provocation of Quraysh
    • 1. The Situation at the Hijrah
    • 2. The Earliest Expedition
    • 3. The First Fighting
    • 4. The Battle of Badr
    • 5. The Situation after Badr
  • II. The Failure of the Meccan Ripost
    • 1. Muhammad prepares for the impending Struggle
    • 2. Meccan Reactions to Badr
    • 3. The Battle of Uhud
    • 4. The Rousing of the Nomads
    • 5. The Siege of Medina
  • III. The Winning of the Meccans
    • 1. The Expeditions in the Year after the Siege
    • 2. The Expedition and Treaty of Al-Hudaybiyah
    • 3. After Al-Hudaybiyah
    • 4. Meccan Reactions to Muhammad's Successes
    • 5. The Submission of Mecca
    • 6. The Battle of Hunayn
    • 7. The Consolidation of Victory
  • IV. The Unifying of the Arabs
    • 1. The Tribal System confronting Muhammad
    • 2. The Tribes to the West of Medina and Mecca
    • 3. The Tribes to the East of Medina and Mecca
    • 4. The Tribes to the North
    • 5. The Tribes to the South of Mecca
    • 6. The Tribes in the Rest of Arabia
    • 7. The Success of Muhammad's Policy
  • V. The Internal Politics of Medina
    • 1. Social and Political Groupings before Muhammad
    • 2. Muhammad's Supporters
    • 3. The Muslim Opposition
  • VI. Muhammad and the Jews
    • 1. The Jews of Yathrib
    • 2. The Jews at the Hijrah
    • 3. Muhammad's Attempts to Reconcile the Jews
    • 4. The Intellectual Attack on the Jews
    • 5. The Physical Attack on the Jews
    • 6. Conclusion
  • VII. The Character of the Islamic State
    • 1. The Constitution of Medina
    • 2. The Position of Muhammad
    • 3. The Character of the Ummah
    • 4. Finance
  • VIII. The Reform of the Social Structure
    • 1. Security of Life and Property
    • 2. Marriage and Family
    • 3. Inheritance
    • 4. Miscellaneous Reforms
    • 5. Conclusion
  • IX. The New Religion
    • 1. The Religious Institutions of Islam
    • 2. Islam and Arab Paganism
    • 3. Islam and Christianity
  • X. The Man and his Greatness
    • 1. Appearance and Manner
    • 2. The Alleged Moral Failures
    • 3. The Foundations of Greatness
  • Excursus
    • A. Further Remarks on the Sources
    • B. List of Expeditions and Dates
    • C. Slaves and Freedman among the Emigrants at Badr
    • D. Muhammad's Letters to the Princes
    • E. "Those whose hearts are reconciled"
    • F. Texts of Selected Treaties
    • G. The Treaties with Dumat al-Jandal
    • H. List of Administrators sent out by Muhammad
    • I. Zakat and Sadaqah
    • J. Marriage and the Family in pre-Islamic times
    • K. The technical terms in Surahs 4.24/28, 5.5/7, and 24.33
    • L. Muhammad's Marriages
  • Index

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