What Good Muslims Know
An email from a Gold Star Mother. I have added a hyperlink to Ibn Kathir's Tafsir so that you can verify the quoted text.
Ben, real quick here: the reason why I state what good Muslims know, and that is, the Sira is an indispensable part of Islam, because it is a major part of what comprises the sunnah, is also seen throughout ibn Kathir's tafsir.
Consider the value and respect rendered to ibn Kathir. Then, take note, how often he works off of the report of none other than "Muhammad, son of Ishaq son of Yasar."
Ibn Ishaq was "born in Medina, about A.H 85. . . . His grandfather Yasar fell into the hands of Khalid b al-Walid." He was amongst the prisoners Kalid sent to Abu Bakr in Medinah. There, his son, Ishaq, ibn Ishaq's dad, was born about the year 50.
Hence, the respect for ibn Ishaq as a reliable transmitter. And Tabari works off of ibn Ishaq's work.
The difference between knowing the prophet and his companions and knowing of them is in knowing of what is in the pages of the sira and digesting that or not knowing of them. Once you get into them, you will only state the same.
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Threatening the Jews With Defeat and Encouraging Them to Learn a Lesson From the Battle of Badr
Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar recorded that `Asim bin `Umar bin Qatadah said that when the Messenger of Allah gained victory in the battle of Badr and went back to Al-Madinah, he gathered the Jews in the marketplace of Bani Qaynuqa`.
Therefore, Allah said,
﴿قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ءَايَةٌ﴾
(There has already been a sign for you) meaning, O Jews, who said what you said! You have an Ayah, meaning proof, that Allah will make His religion prevail, award victory to His Messenger, make His Word apparent and His religion the highest.
﴿فِي فِئَتَيْنِ﴾
Allah will make his religion prevail, award victory & make Islam superior. That ayeh is 3:13 . It lays bare Islam's supremacism & triumphalism. Go now, and read that Tafsir. See what Allah said to the Jews; see what Muhammad did to them!
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