Mohammed and the rise of Islam online

Ja'far, son of Abu Talib, no,

158, 380, 381

ieddah, 6
erusalem, visit of M. to, 130
esus of Nazareth, notions of
M. about, 78, 93, 132
Jewish converts to Islam, 229
Jewish disputes with M.,

228-230
Jewish State in South Arabia,

3 6 , .

Jews, in Arabia, 186; then-
practices imitated by M.,
250; avoided, ibid.

Ji'irranah, 406

Jinn, 'spirits of the desert,'
62, 147

Johanna, son of Rubah, 421

Juhainah, tribe, 240, 243

Julianists, 78



Ka'b, son of Asad, 327

— , son of Al- Ashraf , 286,315,

3*7
— , son of Malik, 293, 426
— , son of Zuhair, 410
Ka'bah, 8, 120, 240, 388
Kahin, 'pagan soothsayer,'

l J9
Kail, 'chieftain' in South

Arabia, 439
. collection of tribes, 55
son of Nushbah, 42
— , son of Al-Sa'ib, 68
— , son of Sa'd, son of 'Uba-

dah, 448
Khabbab, son of Al-Aratt,

118, 163



Khadijah, wife of M. t 2, 67,

93 ; her death, 175
Khaibar, 355

Khalid, son of Hawaii, 58
— , son of Sa'id, 98, 155
— , son of Sinan, 80
— , son of Al-Walid, 345;

converted, 374; recovers

field at Uhud, 207, attacks

Jadhimah, 391 ; rebuked for

savagery, 400, 423
— , son of Zaid, 214
Khandamah, Mt., 386
Khazraj, tribe, 186, 194, 195
Khubaib, 309, 338
Khuza'ah, tribe, 10, IX, 211,

252, 339. 382
Kiblah, 'direction of prayer,

247
King, title in Arabia, 32
Koran, the, 104; sources of,

107, 125, 145; later stage

of, 217; criticisms on, 135,

217
Ku'aibah, daughter of 'Ut-

bah, 237
Kuba, 212

Kulthum, son of Hind, 212
Kuraish, tribe, 10; their

commercial ability, 3 2 ;

their cowardice, 238
Kuraizah, Jewish tribe, 187,

330
Kurz, son of 'Alkamah, 208
Kusayy, son of Kilab, sup-
posed founder of Meccah,

10, 133
Kuss, son of Sa'idah, 43, 87
Kutha, 10



Labid, son of Al-A'sam, 231
Al-Lat, goddess, 24
Letters of M., 365, 383, 439
Levees of M., 389
Liauors, spirituous, forbid-
den, 283



478



Index and Glossary



Liver, human, used as a

charm, 306
Lord's Prayer, used as a

spell, 62
Lukaim the 'Absite, 362
Lukman, 22



M



Madonna, picture of, said to

be in the Ka'bah, 42, 387
Magic, Jewish practice of,
189; applied to M. and his
followers, 232
Maimunah, wife of M., 372
Majannah, 184
Majdi, son of 'Amr, 240
Makhramah, 68
Ma'kil, son of Yasar, 347
Malik, son of 'Ajlan, 187
— , son of 'Auf, chief of
Hawazin, 395, 398; con-
verted, 403, 407, 427
— , son of Murrah, 441
Al-Ma'mun, Caliph, 47
Manslaughter, 27, 447
Marriage of Arabs, 28
Marriages of M., 351
Mary (or Mariyah), Coptic

concubine of M., 369
Mary the Virgin, 61, 451
Maslamah, or Musailimah,

81, 454

Meccah, described, 6 ff.;
expedition against, 384

Mediums, 84

Mentors of M., 106

Metics, 12

Mikdad, son of 'Amr or Al-
Aswad, 100, 322

Miracles, 132, 180

Mis'ar, son of Rukhailah, 323

Mohammed, name, 50

Mohammed, son of Mas-
lamah, 199, 358, 360

Money-lenders at Meccah, 48

Morality of Arabs, 28; of
Moslems, 149

Mormons, 76



Moses, story of, as conceived

by M., 130
Moslem or Muslim, origin of

the appellation, 116
Mosque of Kuba, 423
Mosque of Medinah, 214, 220
Mu'adh, son of Al-Harith,

i95
— , son of Jabal, 409
Mu'awiyah, son of Abu Suf-

yan, 310
Mughirah, son of Shu'bah,

429
Mujammi, 424
Mukaukis, the, 365, 369
Al-Mundhir, Ghassanide

Prince, 38
Munificence of M., 408
Muraisi', 339
Mus'ab, son of 'Umair, 198,

200, 215, 298
Mutah, battle of, 379
Mut'im, son of 'Adi, 168,

180
Muzainah, tribe, 142
Muzdalifah, 19



N



Nabit, clan at Yathrib, 194
Nadir, tribe, 187, 189, 314
Al-Nadir, son of Harith, 135
Nahum, idol, 142
Najran, Christians of, 37, 434;

martyrs of, 36
Nakhlah, 244
Nakibah, 395
Names altered by M. f 62, 224,

455
Nasr, clan, 395
Naufal, son of Al-Harith, 271
Negus, king of Abyssinia,

160, 363, 443
Noah, 82

Nu'aim, son of Mas'ud, 328
Nufai', son of Al-Mu'alla, 214
Nu'man, son of Al-Mundhir,

34



Index and Glossary



479



Omar, 95; his conversion,
162; 235, 236, 346, 387

Opponents of M., 123

Oracle of Hubal, 19

Othman, son of 'Affan, 96,
346

— , son of Maz'un, 99



Parracide, permitted by M.,
265

Partners, name for gods, 119

Pater Noster, substitute of
M. for, 103

Persian king, 367

Persian victory over By-
zantines, 133

Personal characteristics of
M. ; affectionate nature, 7 1 ;
appearance, 63, 64; attire,
6; common-sense, 79; con-
jugal disputes, 418; re-
ligious convictions, 79;
table talk, 148; tastes, 64

Physicians at Medinah, 467

Pilgrimage, ceremonies of,
fixed by M., 444; lesser,

37 2 » 43o

Pinchas, son of Azariah, 231

Poetry, early, 60; disap-
proved by M., ibid.

Poets, 411

Poison administered to M.,
361

Polygamy, among the Arabs,
26; reasons of M. for, 177;
maintained by M., 460

Poverty of Refugees, 234

Prayer, Mohammedan, 103;
used as drill, 258

Preaching of M., 127

Precursors of M., 42

Prices at Meccah, 14

Prophetic office, 215

Piophets, Arabian, 131



Rabah, 99

Ran', son of Malik, 195
Rahman, name for Allah, 143
Raiding forbidden by M., 447
Raihanah, concubine of M.,

334
Rakikah, 179
Rakubah, 211
Ramadan, fasting month, 90,

247
Rejeb, sacred month, 243
Religion of Arabs, 20
Repetition, rhetorical value

of, 147 ,','"'*

Resurrection, doctrine of,

138, 139
Revelation, process of, 86
Rhymed prose, disapproved

by M., 60
Ru'ayyah, 456
Rubah, slave of M., 353
Rukayyah, daughter of M.,

s

Sabians, 117

Sacred months, £,120

Sa'd, son of Abu Wakkas,

101, 122, 240, 243
— , son of 'Arar, 7
— , son of Mu'adh, 199, 299,

326, 331, 333
— , son of Zaid, 332
Safa, Mt., 108
Safiyyah, aunt of M., 306,

329
— , wife of M., 359
Safra, village, 256
Safwan, son of Al-Mu'attal,

341, 343
— , son of Umayyah, 302
Sahl, son of Hunaif, 260
— , son of Wahb, 168
Salamah, son of Al-Akwa',



i> 53



Sallam, son of Abu Hukaik,
336



480



Index and Glossary



Salman, the Persian, 324

Salons at Meccah, 83

Samaifa,' 80

' Sanctuary ,' hima, doctrine
of, 23

Sarif, 373

Satire, 274, 278

Sauda, wife of M., 221, 276

Sawik, ' water-gruel, ' expe-
dition, 319

Self-assertion of M., 80

Shu'aib, name of a prophet,

131

Shurahbil, son of 'Amr, 377

Sibyl, 85

Simak, son of Kharashah,

260
Sirius, worship of, 50
Slaves, kindly treatment of,

enjoined by M., 462
Sleepers, seven, 137
Smith, Joseph, 136
Solemn league and covenant,

347

Solitude, period of, common
in prophetic career, 90

Soothsayers, 215

Star buck's Psychology of Re-
ligion cited, 7$

Su'aid, son of Sahm, 5

Suhaib, son of Sinan, 108,
212

Suhail, son of 'Amr, 347, 386

Sulaim, tribe, 14, 323, 399,
407

Surah of Joseph, 106

Suwaid, son of Kais, 68

Suwailim, a Jew, 419



Tabu, 23

Tabuk, expedition to, 418
Tahannuth, 'asceticism,' 90
Ta'if, Meccan villas at, 48;

people of, 178; described,

402; 428
Talhah, son of 'Ubaidallah,

100, 212



Tamim, tribe, 414
Tamim al-Dari, 435
Taverns, discussions at, 42
Tay, tribe of, 39
Thabit, son of Kais, 415
Thakif, tribe, 395
Tha'labah of Dhubyan, 193
Thamud, tribe, 420
Thaur, Mt., 208
Trades, at Meccah, 13; of

Refugees, 235
Tufail, son of 'Amr, 182
Tulaib, son of 'Umair, 169



U



'Ubadah, son of Al-Samit,

285
— , son of Harith, 240
Uhud, Mt., scene of battle,

294
Ukaidir, 422

'Ukaz, fair at, 5, 43, 54, 184
'Ukbah, son of Mu'ait, 98
— , son of Namir, 441
'Umair, son of Umayyah, 277
'Umarah, son of Al-Walid,

124
Umm Hani, Abu Talib's

daughter, 66
Umm Kulthum, daughter of

M., 291
Umm Salamah, 158, 167, 348
'Uraid, 292
'Urwah, son of Mas'ud, 403,

410, 427
Usaid, son of Huraith, 199
'Usfan, 210
'Ushairah raid, 242
'Utarid, son of Ha jib, 415
'Utbah, son of Ghazwan, 100,

244
— , son of Rabi'ah, 146, 195,

246, 260
— , son of Usaid, 350
'Uyainah, son of Hisn, 323,

414
Al-'Uzza, goddess, 24



Index and Glossary



481



Veil worn by M., 105
Visitors' tax at Meccah, 9

W

Waddan, 244

Wakid, son of Abdallah, 245

Warakah, son of Naufal, 42,

67. 97
Wedding-feasts of M., 320
Wedding-gifts of women, 351
Wife-beating, among Mos-
lems, 150, 164; not prac-
tised by M., 461
Wine, abstention from in
pagan times, 43 ; forbidden
by M., 283
"Wisdom, The," 148
Wives of M., draw lots to

accompany him, 341
Women fighters, 291
Women, status of, 30; regu-
lations of M. concerning,
460, 461; their acquies-
cence in captivity, 361
Writing at Meccah, 271; at
Yathrib, 191



Yajuj, 371

Yanbo, 242

Yathrib, old name for Me-

dinah, 99; described, 182,

185
Yazid, son of Al-Harith, 193
Yemamah, 81
Yemen visited by M., 58



Zaid, son of 'Amr, 25, 99
— , son of Al-Dathinnah, 309
— , son of Harithah, adopted

son of M., 67, 289, 319,

321
Zaid of the Horses, 436
Zainab, daughter of M., 71
— , wife of M., daughter of

Jahsh, 320
Zainab, wife of Sallam, 361
Zarka, 254
Zemzem, well of, 48
Zubair, uncle of M., 56, 78
— , son of 'Aw warn, 100, 327
Zuhair, quoted, 78




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