the letter of Ibn Ibad in Sharh Aqidat al-tawhid of al-Qutb, 245. It is not given in al-Jawahir of al-Barradi (Mss. Of al-Jawahir were also consulted), nor is it given in the text contained in the Umani Ms.

131. Barradi, op. cit., 164

132. Abu Qahtan, Sirah., Ms. 18-22

133. Ibid., 23

134. Darjini, Tabaqat., 198

135. Qur'an: XLIX, 10. The translation quoted here is from Rodwell, The Koran., 1968, 469

136. Muhammad b. Mahbub, Sirah., Ms. (part of Ms. Of mixed contents), 199

137. Abu Qahtan, Sirah., 26

138. Barradi, Jawahir., 163; Cf. al-Ruqaishi, Misbah., Ms. 14-28

139. Al-Rabi b. Habib, Musnad., I, 12-13

140. Warijlani, al-Adl., II, 270-307; Abu Qahtan, Sirah., Ms. 26; Barradi, Jawahir., 97

141. Bisyani, Sirah., 24

142. Ibid., 24

143. Muqaddimat al-tawhid wa Shuruhuha., editor Abu Ishaq, Cairo, 1353, 52-53

144. Ibn Midad, Sifat Nasab al-Ulama., Ms.9

145. Bisyani, Sirah., 24

146. Ibid., 19

147. Imam Abd al-Wahhab, Jawabat., Ms. 27

148. Warijlani, Dalil, 99b-100a

149. Loc. Cit

150. Abu Qahtan, Sirah., 18

151. Jahiz, Bayan., II, 105

152. Tabari, Tarikh., V, 256

153. Tabari, Tarikh, V, 257

154. For the views of the Khawarij on this issue see: Al-Shahrastani, Milal., I, 166, 169, 173; al-Baghdadi, al-Farq bain al-firaq., ed. Kawthari, 45-67

155. Tabari, Tarikh, V, 191

156. Ibid., V, 566

157. Mubarrad, Kamil., III, 909-10. Shahrastani, Milal., 181

158. Aflah, Jawabat., I, 31; Ibn Khalfun, Ajwibah, 28 (Infra II, text no. 3)

159. Ibid, V, 566