161) Dhahaby Tazkeratul Hefaaz, 1/2-3.
162) Dhahaby Tazkeratul Hefaaz 1/2-3.
163) Anam Verse 151.
164) See in the Quran, surah Nahl verses: 44 and 64 regarding this fact.
165) Al-Estee'aab 1/359 (Egypt).
166) Wuq'ah-e-Sefeen by Nasr bin Mazaa'em p.219 (Iran): Allahommal'an qaa'ed was-saa'eq war-raakeb.
167) Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 2/243-244 (Beirut).
168) Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 2/243.
169) Al-Tabaqat, 2/244-245.
170) Hujarat verse 2.
171) Sahih by Bukhari, Chapter: The sickness and death of the Prophet, 6/11.
172) Muslim ch: Tarkul Wasiyat 3/1259.
173) Bukhari ch: Qoul ul-mareez qad mara'ani, Ketab al-Teb, 7/156.
174) Bukhari 6/11-12 ch: Marzon-nabi.
175) For further information refer to the Appendixes.
176) Ibn Aseer, 2/291 (Dar al-Ketab al-Araby)
177) Bukhari Ketabu-tib ch: 22, vol. 7 p.127.
178) Ibn Hesham, 2/655 + Tabari 3/200 (Dar al-Ma'aref 1969) + Yaghoubi, 2/95.
179) Al-Tabaqat 2/267.
180) Kanzul Ummal, 4/53 Tradition #1092 (Haydar Abad 1313).
181) According to Ibn Sa'd vol. 2 p.57.
182) A discussion and study of these remarks by the leaders after the Prophet may be found in Book two of this series.
183) Muslim, Sahih book 45, Bab 25, tradition 88, 8/24-27 (Mohammad Ali Sabih) + Ahmad Musnad 6/107.
184) Volume 8 p. 24 (Ketab al-berre was-salat).
185) Ahmad Musnad 6/52.
186) Ahmad Musnad 6/259.
187) Ahmad Musnad 6/225.