The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam 0812243560, 9780812243567

The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in

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The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam
0812243560, 9780812243567

Stephen J. Shoemaker investigates contradictory traditions about the end of Muhammad's life in the Islamic and non-

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