The Expeditions. Maʿmar ibn Rāshid

      NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

       New York and London

      Table of Contents

      Letter from the General Editor

      Foreword

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Note on the Text

      Timeline

      Arabia and the Near East in the 7th Century

      Mecca and Medina During the Lifetime of the Prophet

      Notes to the Frontmatter

       The Expeditions

       The Digging of the Well of Zamzam

       The Expedition of Ḥudaybiyah

       The Incident at Badr

       The Combatants Whom the Prophet Took Captive at Badr

       The Incident Involving the Hudhayl Tribe at al-Rajīʿ

       The Incident Concerning the Clan of al-Naḍīr

       The Incident at Uḥud

       The Incident Involving the United Clans and the Qurayẓah Clan

       The Incident at Khaybar

       The Expedition of the Triumph

       The Incident at Ḥunayn

       Those Who Emigrated to Abyssinia

       The Story of the Three Who Remained Behind

       Those Who Failed to Accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk Expedition

       The Story of the Aws and the Khazraj

       The Story of the Slander

       The Story of the People of the Pit

       The Story of the Companions of the Cave

       The Construction of the Temple of Jerusalem

       The Beginning of the Messenger of God’s Illness

       The Oath of Fealty to Abū Bakr at the Portico of the Sāʿidah Clan

       What ʿUmar Said about the Members of the Shura

       Abū Bakr’s Designation of ʿUmar as His Successor

       The Oath of Fealty Pledged to Abū Bakr

       The Expedition of Dhāt al-Salāsil and the Story of ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah.

       The Story of al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿIlāṭ

       The Dispute between ʿAlī and al-ʿAbbās

       The Story of Abū Luʾluʾah, ʿUmar’s Assassin

       The Story of the Shura

       The Expeditions to al-Qādisiyyah and Elsewhere

       The Marriage of Fāṭimah

       Notes

      Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms

      Genealogical Table of the Quraysh of Mecca

      Bibliography

      Further Reading

      About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute

      About this E-book

      About the Editor-Translator

      Library of Arabic Literature

       Editorial Board

      General Editor

      Philip F. Kennedy, New York University

      Executive Editors

      James E. Montgomery, University of Cambridge

      Shawkat M. Toorawa, Cornell University

      Editors

      Julia Bray, University of Oxford

      Michael Cooperson, University of California, Los Angeles

      Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania

      Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago

      Devin J. Stewart, Emory University

      Managing Editor