The First Fitna: Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Fracture of the Early Muslim Community (656–661 CE)
Within twenty-five years of the Prophet Muhammad's death, the community he left behind was at war with itself. Between 656 and 661 CE, Musl…
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Who Was Ammar ibn Yasir (RA)? The Life of Islam's Enduring Witness
Few lives span the arc of early Islam as completely as that of Ammar ibn Yasir. He was among the first handful of people to accept the mess…
The Constitution of Medina: The Document That Founded a Community
In 622 CE a group of migrants from Mecca arrived in an oasis town four hundred kilometres to the north. They had no land, no tribal protect…