Question

Answer the following about dates in Islam, for 10 points each.
[10e] Muhammad claimed that ‘ajwa dates grown in this city would ward off poison and sorcery. Date-palm wood composed the original minbar of the Prophet’s Mosque in this city, to which Muhammad fled from Mecca.
ANSWER: Medina [or Madinah or al-Madinat al-Munawwara]
[10m] The 19th Surah relates how this figure consumed dates at the behest of Jibreel. Zechariah acts as the guardian of this figure, whose honor is defended by an infant in a crib.
ANSWER: Maryam bint Imran [or Mary or the Virgin Mary]
[10h] This woman recorded how Muhammad called for dates after the Battle of Khaibar, a memory he regretted during his death. This person was accused of falling behind a caravan in al-Ifk.
ANSWER: A’isha [or A’isha bint Abi Bakr]
<Ganon Evans, RMP - Islam&gt; ~23776~ &lt;Editor: Kevin Thomas>

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