Religious and Social Context of 7th Century Arabia

• 2ND Patricia Crone: Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. (Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1987), 231-250

Muhammad

• Ibn Ishaq (d. c. 773 CE): Selections from the Life of Muhammad
• The Qu'ran: Al-Fatiha (The Opening), text with RealAudio chanting,  [At Islam.org]
  The entire Qu'ran is available in audio at this site.
• The Qu'ran: Surahs 1 and 47
  See also  Catholic Encyclopedia: Islam (Concept)
• Muhammad: Last Sermon
• 2ND Philip K. Hitti: Muhammad, The Prophet of Allah [At Oneworld]
• 2ND Montgomery Watt: Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961) Last Chapter
• 2ND Maxime Rodinson: Muhammad (New York: Pantheon Books. 1980), pp. 38. ff, Chapter 3
• 2ND Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri: AR-RaheeQ Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) Memoirs of the Noble Prophet [At Ibrahimshafi]
  It is unclear what exactly this document is.
• Sunan Abu-Dawud, Partial translation, translator: Prof. Ahmad Hasan [At USC-MSA]
  "Sunan Abu-Dawud is a collection of sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. Abu-Dawud lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet's death and worked extremely hard to collect his ahadith."
• Malik (93-179 AH): Muwatta, Translated by `A'isha `Abdarahman at-Tarjumana and Ya`qub Johnson. [At USC-MSA]
  "Malik's Muwatta ("the well-trodden path") is a collection of two items: the sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith."
• WEB Companions of The Prophet [At UMR]
  A sort of Muslim hagiography. Unfortunately, with no sources cited.

Hadith

• Hadith Selections, short excerpts.
• The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.
• Sahih Bukhari: Hadith [At USC-MSA]
• Hadith on fasting, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE)
• WEB Sunnah and Hadith Page [At USC-MSA]
  With links to texts of various Hadith Collections.