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1.
Ibn Qutaibah: p. 267.
2.
Tabari: Vol. 2, p. 614.
3.
Yaqubi: Tareekh: Vol. 2, p. 157.
4.
Isfahani: Vol. 19, p. 89.
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The Leader gallops ahead of the Muslims. A large, broad-shouldered, powerfully-built
man, he is mounted on a magnificent Arab stallion and rides it as if he were part of the
horse. The loose end of his turban and his cloak flutter behind him and his large, full
beard is pressed against his chest by the wind. His fierce eyes shine with excitement-with
the promise of battle and blood and glory- the glory of victory or martyrdom. His coat of
mail and the iron tip of his long lance glint in the clear sunlight, and the earth trembles
under the thundering hooves of his fiery charger. Perhaps beside him rides a slim young
warrior, naked above the waist.
The visitor sees all this with the eyes of his mind. And with the ears of his mind he hears,
just before the Mobile Guard hurls itself at the Romans in a shattering clash of steel and
sinew, the roar of
Allah-o-Akbar
as it issues from the throats of the Faithful and rends the
air. And rising out of this roar, he hears the piercing cry of the Leader:
I am the noble warrior;
I am the Sword of Allah
Khalid bin Al Waleed!
Appendix A : Bibliography
1.
Ibn Hisham
:
Seerat-un-Nabawi
, Cairo, 1955.
2.
Waqidi
:
Maghazi Rasulillah
: Cairo, 1948;
Futuh-ush-Sham
, Cairo, 1954.
3.
Ibn Sad
:
Tabaqat-ul-Kubara
, Cairo, 1939.
4. Ibn Qutaibah:
Al Ma'arif
, Cairo, 1960.
5.
Al-Yaqubi
:
Tareekh-ul-Yaqubi
, Beirut, 1960;
Al Buldan,
Lieden
, 1892.
6.
Al-Baladhuri
:
Futuh-ul-Buldan
, Cairo, 1959.
7. Dinawari:
Akhbar-ul-Tiwal
, Cairo, 1960.
8.
At-Tabari
:
Tareekh-ul-Umam wal Muluk
, Cairo, 1939.
9.
Al-Masudi
:
Muruj-uz-Dhahab
, Cairo, 1958;
Al Tanbeeh wal Ashraf
, Cairo, 1938.
10. Ibn Rusta:
A'laq-un-Nafeesa
, Lieden, 1892.
11. Isfahani:
Al Aghani
, Cairo, 1905.
12. Yaqut:
Mu'jam-ul-Buldan
, Teheran, 1965.
13. Abu Yusuf:
Kitab-ul-Kharaj
, Cairo, 1962.
14. Edward Gibbon:
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
, London, 1954.
15. Alois Musil:
The Middel Euphrates
; New York, 1927.
Ibn Hisham. His abridgement of the last pioneering work, Seerah Rasoolullah, by
Muhammad bin Ishaq, is invaluable. Portions of Ibn Ishaq have recently been recovered
and published. Muhammad bin Ishaq (who died in 150 or 151AH), is unquestionably the
principal authority on the Seerah (Prophetic biography) and Maghazi (battles) literature.
Every writing after him has depended on his work, which though lost in its entirety, has
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been immortalised in the wonderful, extant abridgement of it, by Ibn Hisham. Ibn Ishaq
was one of the Tabieen (second generation who saw the Sahabah but not the Prophet
SAWS himself) of humble beginnings as a former slave. Ibn Ishaq's work is notable for
its excellent, rigorous methodology and its literary style is of the highest standard of
elegance and beauty. This is hardly surprising when we recall that Ibn Ishaq was an
accomplished scholar not only in Arabic language but also in the science of hadith. For
this reason, most of the isnad (chains of narration) that he gives in his Seerah are also to
be found in the authentic books of hadith. Ibn Ishaq, like Bukhari and Muslim, travelled
very widely in the Muslim world in order to authenticate the isnad of his hadith. It is
reported that Ibn Ishaq saw and heard Saeed bin Al-Musayyib, Aban bin Uthman bin
Affan, Az-Zuhri, Abu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman bin Awf and Abdur-Rahman bin
Hurmuz Al-Araj. It is also reported that Ibn Ishaq was the teacher of the following
outstanding authorities among others:
(a) Yahya bin Saeed Al-Ansari
(b) Sufyan Ath-Thawri
(c) Ibn Jurayh
(d) Shu'bah bin Al-Hajjaj
(e) Sufyan bin Uyainah
(f) Hammad bin Zaid
Al-Waqidi. The second most authoritative book on Seerah is that of Al-Maghazi by
Muhammad bin Umar Al-Waqidi Al-Aslami (who lived from 130 to 207AH and is
buried in Baghdad). This book was widely read in various parts of the Muslim world.
While som
Ibn Sad. The third authoritative work on Seerah is Ibn Sad's
Tabaqat-ul-Kubara
(nine
volumes). Ibn Sad was both the student and the scribe/secretary of Al-Waqidi. The
quality and scholarly excellence of the
Tabaqat-ul-Kubara
of Ibn Sad say a great deal
about the academic competence of his teacher and patron.
Al-Yaqubi. (Ahmad bin Jafar bin Wahb, died 292AH). Al-Yaqubi's work is unique for its
examples of the Prophet's (SAWS) sermons, not to be found elsewhere, especially those
containing instruction and admonition.
Al-Baladhuri. (Ahmad bin Yahya bin Jabir, died in 279AH). The work of this early
historian is valuable for the texts it contains of certain important agreements which the
Prophet (SAWS) concluded with some groups and individuals- among others, the texts of
his agreements with the Christians of Najran, his agreement with the people of Maqna,
his book to Al-Mundhir bin Sawi and to Akaydar Dawmah.
At-Tabari. (Ibn Jareer, died in 310AH) in his monumental world history
Tareekh-ul-
Umam wal Muluk.
At-Tabari was not merely a historian, but also an unrivalled authority
on the Arabic language and grammar, on hadith and fiqh, and on the tafseer (exegesis)
and interpretation of the Quran. Evidence of the excellence of his scholarship, his
prodigious and untiring intellectual genius, is provided by his major works which run into
many lengthy volumes each.
Al-Masudi. (Abul-Hasan Ali bin Al-Husain bin Ali Al-Masudi, died in 346AH). A well-
known Arab historian, descendent of one of the Companions of the Prophet (SAWS),
Abdullah bin Masood (RA), author of two books on history including long sections on
Seerah, both mentioned above.
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Appendix B : Notes
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