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MUHAMMAD
HIS CHARACTER AND CONDUCT
Adil Salahi
THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION
Muhammad: His Character and Conduct
Published by
THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION
Markfield Conference Centre
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© Adil Salahi, 2013
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by him in accordance with the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-0-86037-561-6 paperback
ISBN 978-0-86037-566-1 casebound
ISBN 978-0-86037-568-5 e-book
Typesetting by: N A Qaddoura
Cover Design by: Nasir Cadir
Printed by: Gutenberg, Malta
DEDICATION
To
Hussain Abu Dawood
In acknowledgement of his unfailing support and encouragement to write this book
CONTENTS
2. Summary of Events during the Prophet’s Lifetime
3. The Key to the Prophet’s Character
4. The Need for a Divine Message
8. A Man to Deliver God’s Message
12. The Transformation of Society
13. Changing the Status of Women
14. Why Nine Wives For Muhammad?
15. Muhammad: The Military Commander
17. The Prophet’s Dealings with the Jews
18. The Fate of the Qurayẓah Jews
TRANSLITERATION TABLE
Consonants. Arabic
initial: unexpressed, medial and final:
Vowels, diphthongs, etc.
INTRODUCTION
HE HAS INFLUENCED my life in great measure. I have known him since I was very young, even though he lived 1400 years ago. My parents taught me to love him as though he was the light that guided our family. My primary school teachers nurtured this love further, and in my first year of secondary school my teacher gave me a book about his life as a prize for being at the top of the class in Arabic. In my first professional work I dramatized a major part of his life for radio. I later wrote a book about the events of his life, and that book has been reprinted several times. For thirty-one years from 1981 to 2012, I edited a weekly column entitled “Islam in Perspective” for the Saudi paper, Arab News, and each time I wrote an article about him or what he taught. I still feel that all this falls far short of what he deserves. How can I – or indeed anyone – portray what he has given to humanity, when he remains