There are a number of uncertainties and disputed issues in the earlyhistory of Islam.[a]
Most of these disputes can be traced to
Shi'a-
Sunni disagreements. Shi'a often argue that history has been distorted to further a
Banu Umayyad agenda.[4] In many cases, complications with the
historiography of early Islam have also resulted in lack of consensus within denominations of Islam.
Qur'an and History — a Disputed Relationship: Some Reflections on Qur'anic History and History in the Qur'an / القرآن والتاريخ: علاقة موضع جدل Angelika Neuwirth and ٲنجليکا نيوورث. Journal of Qur'anic Studies. Vol. 5, No. 1 (2003), pp. 1–18. Edinburgh University Press.
Tayeb El-Hibri, Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs. Columbia University Press, 2010.
Jóhann Páll Árnason, Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions. BRILL, Jan 1, 2003.
Régis Blachère, The problem of Muhammad - test critical biography of the founder of Islam, a volume of 135 pages, University Press of France, Paris, 1952.
^There are differences of opinion on the exact date of her birth, but the widely accepted view is that she was born five years before the first
Quranic revelations, during the time of the rebuilding of the
Kaaba in 605, although this does imply she was over 18 at the time of her marriage, which was unusual in
Arabia.(See
MSN Encarta article on FatimahArchived 2007-09-02 at the
Wayback Machine and
Encyclopædia Britannica) Twelver Shia sources, however, state that she was born either two or five years after the first
Qur'anic revelations, but that timeline would imply her mother was over fifty at the time of her birth.
There are a number of uncertainties and disputed issues in the earlyhistory of Islam.[a]
Most of these disputes can be traced to
Shi'a-
Sunni disagreements. Shi'a often argue that history has been distorted to further a
Banu Umayyad agenda.[4] In many cases, complications with the
historiography of early Islam have also resulted in lack of consensus within denominations of Islam.
Qur'an and History — a Disputed Relationship: Some Reflections on Qur'anic History and History in the Qur'an / القرآن والتاريخ: علاقة موضع جدل Angelika Neuwirth and ٲنجليکا نيوورث. Journal of Qur'anic Studies. Vol. 5, No. 1 (2003), pp. 1–18. Edinburgh University Press.
Tayeb El-Hibri, Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs. Columbia University Press, 2010.
Jóhann Páll Árnason, Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions. BRILL, Jan 1, 2003.
Régis Blachère, The problem of Muhammad - test critical biography of the founder of Islam, a volume of 135 pages, University Press of France, Paris, 1952.
^There are differences of opinion on the exact date of her birth, but the widely accepted view is that she was born five years before the first
Quranic revelations, during the time of the rebuilding of the
Kaaba in 605, although this does imply she was over 18 at the time of her marriage, which was unusual in
Arabia.(See
MSN Encarta article on FatimahArchived 2007-09-02 at the
Wayback Machine and
Encyclopædia Britannica) Twelver Shia sources, however, state that she was born either two or five years after the first
Qur'anic revelations, but that timeline would imply her mother was over fifty at the time of her birth.