al-Sira al-Nabawiyya wa al-Dawa fi al-Ahd al-Madani
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- Mu’assasat al-Risālah lil-Ṭibā‘ah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzī‘
al-Sira al-Nabawiyya wa al-Dawa fi al-Ahd al-Madani (The Prophetic Biography and Da‘wah in the Medinan Period) is a historical and missionary study by Ahmad Ahmad Ghallush focusing on the Medinan phase of the Prophet’s life and the spread of Islam .
Composition and Purpose
Ghallush completed the work in Nasr City, Cairo, on 1 Jumada al-Ula 1425 AH (19 June 2004 CE) . The book was published in 2004 by Mu’assasat al-Risalah . Methodologically, the author divides the Medinan era into two parallel dimensions: the Prophet’s personal and domestic life on the one hand, and the collective outreach, state-building, and military campaigns of the Muslim community on the other .
Structure and Content
The book consists of an introductory prologue and two comprehensive chapters :
- Prologue (al-Tamhid): A geographic, religious, and demographic survey of Medina (Dar al-Hijrah) prior to the arrival of the Muslims, analyzing its names, its merit, the harmony and courage of its inhabitants, and its suitability as the launchpad for Islamic da‘wah .
- Chapter One (al-Sira al-Nabawiyya): Covers the Prophet’s life from the Hijrah until his death, focusing primarily on his personal and domestic affairs across ten sections . These include the organization and lessons of the Hijrah, settlement in Medina, social organization, family life, defenses against polemical critiques of polygyny, the Prophet’s treatment of his wives, biographies of his children (al-Qasim, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, Fatimah, Abd Allah, and Ibrahim), his daily habits (food, drink, and sleep), his forbearance, and his fulfillment of the prophetic mission .
- Chapter Two (Harakat al-Rasul bi-al-Dawa): Surveys the dynamic expansion of the Islamic mission from Medina across sixteen sections . It explores the foundational pillars of the Medinan community, the stages of the legislation of jihad, early patrols, the major military confrontations—including the battles of Badr, Uhud, and al-Ahzab (the Trench)—the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah, the Conquest of Mecca, regional campaigns against non-Arab powers, the arrival of delegations, an analytical assessment of the expeditions, and the Prophet's final illness and death .
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