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      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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      United Kingdom

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      © Adil Salahi, 2013

      All rights reserved

      The right of Adil Salahi to be identified

      as the author of this work has been asserted

      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

       Transliteration Table

       Introduction

       1. The Formative Years

       2. Summary of Events during the Prophet’s Lifetime

       3. The Key to the Prophet’s Character

       4. The Need for a Divine Message

       5. Muhammad: God’s Messenger

       6. Proofs of Prophethood

       7. Muhammad: God’s Servant

       8. A Man to Deliver God’s Message

       9. Mercy to All

       10. Nobility at Its Best

       11. A Most Caring Leader

       12. The Transformation of Society

       13. Changing the Status of Women

       14. Why Nine Wives For Muhammad?

       15. Muhammad: The Military Commander

       16. To Win the Enemy’s Heart

       17. The Prophet’s Dealings with the Jews

       18. The Fate of the Qurayẓah Jews

       19. Muhammad: The Statesman

       20. Muhammad: The Man

       Bibliography

       Index

      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

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