Chronology of Prophetic Events,
*[A5] Paperback - 182 pages,
by Fazlur Rehman Shaikh,
Edited by Abdassamad Clarke.
Back in Stock October 2022
Description :
The author examines in fascinating detail the discrepancies between dates in assorted calenders - the intercalated pre-islamic, the Hijri, and the Julian calenders - and the days of the week ascribed to different events in the sirah (biography) of the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He painstakingly relates them to the different theoretical attempts evolved by scholars to try to make sense of the contradictions, and then makes an utterly compelling case for the one system that makes rational sense of all the data.
This matter is of more than academic interest, since it is directly related to the fact that Islam is not a type of middle eastern myth - as New Testament Christianity and Old Testament Judaism are increasingly regarded by modern man - but a clearly historical phenomenon whose revelation - the Qur'an - and whose practice - the Sunnah - derive directly from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, one revealed from on High by the Divine and the other the embodiment by the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,and his Noble Family and Companions of that revelation under the careful guidance of Allah, Glorious is He and Exalted.
Table of Contents :
---Preface,
---Special Abbreviations,
---Chapter [1] : Sources: Conflects & Confusions,
------Cases where the same events were assigned to different points of time,
------Cases of conflicting weekdays and dates,
------Cases of unacceptable dates,
------Confusion on the Calendar,
------Notes.
---Chapter [2] : Earlier Researches,
------Percival's Thesis,
------Alvi's Calendars,
------Amir Ali's Reconstruction,
------Hamidullah's Work,
------Notes.
---Chapter [3] : Parameters of the Lost Calendar,
------Cycle of Intercalculation,
------Possible Calendars,
------Notes.
---Chapter [4] : Elements of Reconstruction,
------Phases of the moon,
------Conjunction and Commencement of a Lunar Month,
------Placement of Intercalary Months,
------Notes.
---Chapter [5] : The Hijrah Calendar,
------Notes.
---Chapter [6] : The Chroniclers' Dates,
------1). The Birthday of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
------2). The Abyssinian Attack on the Ka'bah,
------3). First Revelation of the Qur'an,
------4). The Mi'raj,
------5). Emigration to Madinah, etc, etc.
------6) - 33) Further events,
------34) The Death of Ibrahim,
------35) The Farewell Hajj,
------36) Passing away of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
------Burial,
------Notes.
---Chapter [7] : The Pagan Calendar,
------The Hijrah Era and the Madinan Decade,
------Notes.
---Chapter [8] : Other Events,
------Pre-Prophethood Events,
------Pre-Hijrah Events,
------Events of 1 Hijri,
------Events of 2 Hijri,
------Events of 3 Hijri,
------Events of 4 Hijri,
------Events of 5 Hijri,
------Events of 6 Hijri,
------Events of 7 Hijri,
------Events of 8 Hijri,
------Events of 9 Hijri,
------Events of 10 Hijri,
------Events of 11 Hijri.
---Postscript,
---Notes.
---Appendices,
---Appendix 1 :
---Appendix 2 :
---Appendix 3 :
---Appendix 4 :
---Appendix 5 :
---Bibliography.
More Islamic History.
More Sirah books.
*Dimensions : 21 x 14.8cm.
