NMC273Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Banu Thaqif, Fadak, Salah
10 Aug 2016
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Raiding/razwa activity (ghazw) vs mecca begins soon after arrival in. Razwa was a tribal thing and it was way for lesser tribes to get richer. Way to punish meccans who have opposed god"s will or policy to capture mecca or connection between events and treatment of jewish tribe. Prophet consolidated his power in medina and surrounding area period of expansion. Qibla changed just before badr (ibn ishaq, pp. Connected to fact jews wouldn"t accept his leadership. Creation of link between mecca & abraham - ka"ba trying to signal a back to abraham only in islam says ibrahim made it. Possible connection btw these campaigns vs mecca and the actions vs. Pattern: increasing independence of new community and self-definition. Fact finding mission re quraysh activities; no plan to attack meccans according to ibn ishaq (287) information gathering. During truce months three or four months, mecca had a truce so commerce could be carried out.
