"A light ransom was fixed for each Arab slave--seven camels and six young ones. In the case of some tribes which had suffered most severely (as the Beni Hanifa, the Beni Kinda, and the people of Oman discomfited at Daba) even this was remitted." Annals of Early Caliphate. By Sir W. Muir, K.C.S.I., LL.D., D.C.L., London, 1883, pp. 63, 64.] [Footnote 352: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, page 56.] [Footnote 353: _Ibid_, page 57, footnote.] [Footnote 354: _Vide_ Hishamee, page 972.] [Footnote 355: _Ibid_, page 971.] [Footnote 356: _Vide Takrib_ by Ibn Hajar.] [Footnote 357: _Vide_ History of Muhammad's Campaigns by Wakidi; edited by Von Kremer, Calcutta, 1856, from p. 360 to the end.] [Footnote 358: Vol. III, page 62.] [Footnote 359: _Vide_ Mizan-ul-Etedal by Zahabi.] [Footnote 360: _Vide_ Nos. 976, 977, and 978 in the Biographical Dictionary of Persons who knew Mohammad, by Ibn Hajar, published by the Asiatic Society, Bengal, Calcutta, 1870, Vol. IV, pp. 779, 780, and 781.] [Footnote 361: _Vide_ Mizan, by Zahabi.] [Footnote 362: "An eclipse of the sun occurred on the same day, and the people spoke of it as a tribute to the death of the Prophet's son. A vulgar impostor would have accepted and confirmed the delusion; but Mahomet rejected the idea."--"The Life of Mahomet" by Sir W. Muir, Vol. IV, page 166.] [Footnote 363: "Meaning the company of his female slave."] [Footnote 364: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, pp. 161 and 162. Taking concubine-slaves was an established and recognized institution of the Arab society, until Mohammad abolished it. Practically the custom has prevailed up to the present time. No blame attached to such alliances in the social system of the Arabs. "The Caliphs of the House of Abbas were all of them the children of concubines except as--Saffah, Al-Mahdi, and Al-Amin" (History of Caliphs. By Sayute. Translated by Major Jarret, page 20, Calcutta, 1880). If the story regarding Mohammad be true, there was no fear of exposure or offending the wives.] [Footnote 365: Muir's Life of Mahomet, Vol. I, Introduction, page ciii.] [Footnote 366: "The Calcutta Review," Feby. 1868, page 374.] [Footnote 367: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. IV, page 160.] [Footnote 368: Zeid bin Aslam (in _Tabrani_), who narrates the story, though he does not mention Maria, is a Tabaee (died A.H. 136), and does not quote his authority. Besides, his authority itself is impeached; _vide_ Ibn Adi in his Kamal. Masrook (in Saeed bin Mansoor) only came to Medina long after Mohammad's death; therefore his narration, even if it be genuine, is not reliable. Zohak Ibn Muzahim (in _Tabrani_), also a Tabaee and of impeached authority, narrates it from Ibn Abbas, but he never heard any tradition from him, nor had he even seen him (_vide Mzan-ul-Etedal_, by Zahabi, and _Ansab_, by Sam-ani). His narration must be hence considered as apocryphal. The ascription of Ibn Omar's (died 73 A.H.) story, not strictly to the point, is untrustworthy.