Bereaved friends of those slain at the Battle of Badr comforted 164-172 Mekkans exhorted to faith in God, and directed to observe the law respecting forbidden...

pointed out that the Shura chapter of the Qur'an was revealed during the Mekkan period, and therefore, it does not deal with the problem of government....

might have proceeded to elect one of their own after the departure of the Mekkans. Another reason for Umar to censure the Saqifa meeting as a falta was no...