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Madinah and the Making of Community

Al-Ihsaan Research Desk

A study of the community that formed in Madinah after the migration and the institutions that gave it shape. Chapters examine the mosque as a centre of worship and deliberation, the agreements that governed relationships between groups, the ethics of neighbourliness and the care of the vulnerable. The book connects these developments to questions facing Muslim communities today, without pretending that a seventh-century setting can be copied wholesale. It is written for readers who know the basic seerah narrative and want to think more carefully about community, authority and belonging.