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Political and Domestic Troubles in Medina
مر There is me God but ome Cod‏ is a Messenger of God,‏ // Tad 6 : 0 DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK 1946 AND DOMESTIC TROUBLES IN MEDINA 195 d prepared a dinner to which the M was invited. When he fresh dates had been served and the guests had relaxed on their she told the guest of honor of her plight. Mohammed was diately interested, He asked the woman to call on him again he would give her a ruling. he had a revelation by which he was authorized to in- the brother in question to restore two thirds of what Saad left to the daughters and one eighth to the widow. From that basis were developed detailed laws of inheritance which bequeathing an entire property to one heir leaving any member of a family destitute. All this is set out the fourth sura of the Koran and has been observed by Mos- ever since. ~ Mohammed turned his attention also to the problem of slavery. ‘He could not abolish it altogether any more than he could polygamy, but he eased the laws and encouraged the emancipa- tion of slaves. What he did order was the freeing of all those who embraced Islam. He added to that order a clause that there should be no stigma attached to an emancipated slave. In fact in Islam, then and now, a liberated slave has the same opportunities as a "man or a woman born free. For those who remained in bondage he laid down special recommendations. He counseled: “See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye yourselves wear, for they are the servants of the Lord and are not to be tormented.” | And again: “Shall I tell you the very worst among you? Those who eat | alone, and whip slaves, and give to nobody.” Mohammed had never been a drinker. Even at the wedding _ party, when he had married Khadija, he had touched i _ alcoholic. There was, however, no question of “prohibition” _ among the Arabs, Moslem or non-Moslem. Shortly after Badr, | Mohammed had had trouble with Hamza, who had taken too much palm liquor. At Ohod some of the soldiers had been drunk.

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مر
There is me God but ome Cod‏
is a Messenger of God,‏
// Tad 6 :
0
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
1946
AND DOMESTIC TROUBLES IN MEDINA 195
d prepared a dinner to which the M was invited. When
he fresh dates had been served and the guests had relaxed on their
she told the guest of honor of her plight. Mohammed was
diately interested, He asked the woman to call on him again
he would give her a ruling.
he had a revelation by which he was authorized to in-
the brother in question to restore two thirds of what Saad
left to the daughters and one eighth to the widow. From
that basis were developed detailed laws of inheritance which
bequeathing an entire property to one heir
leaving any member of a family destitute. All this is set out
the fourth sura of the Koran and has been observed by Mos-
ever since.
~ Mohammed turned his attention also to the problem of slavery.
‘He could not abolish it altogether any more than he could
polygamy, but he eased the laws and encouraged the emancipa-
tion of slaves. What he did order was the freeing of all those who
embraced Islam. He added to that order a clause that there should
be no stigma attached to an emancipated slave. In fact in Islam,
then and now, a liberated slave has the same opportunities as a
"man or a woman born free. For those who remained in bondage
he laid down special recommendations. He counseled:
“See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves,
and clothe them with the stuff ye yourselves wear, for they are
the servants of the Lord and are not to be tormented.”
| And again:
“Shall I tell you the very worst among you? Those who eat
| alone, and whip slaves, and give to nobody.”
Mohammed had never been a drinker. Even at the wedding
_ party, when he had married Khadija, he had touched i
_ alcoholic. There was, however, no question of “prohibition”
_ among the Arabs, Moslem or non-Moslem. Shortly after Badr,
| Mohammed had had trouble with Hamza, who had taken too
much palm liquor. At Ohod some of the soldiers had been drunk.
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