Qaswa

Qaswa (also: al-Qaswa, Arabic القصواء, DMG al-Qaṣwāʾ ) denotes the name of a female camel who was the favorite camel of the Prophet Mohammed .

During the Hejra , Mohammed and Abu Bakr first hid in a cave south of Mecca , later Abu Bakr's son Abdullah brought three camels. Abu Bakr wanted to give the camel to Mohammed, but he refused and paid him the price he had paid himself.

Mohammed then rode on Qaswa from Mecca to Medina . Once there, he let go of the beast's reins. Qaswa ran through Medina and finally settled in a walled courtyard, the ruin of a house, in which some palm trees grew and dates were laid out to dry. Mohammed bought this farm, established his residence there and had the Prophet's Mosque built. The al-Qaswa school in Medina is named after this event .

Qaswa was also present at the Battle of Badr in 624 , in 629 in Muhammad's pilgrimage and 630 in the conquest of Mecca.

Individual evidence

↑ Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri : The Sealed Nectar. Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications, 1996, p. 380: "with the Prophet at their head on his she-camel, Al-Qaswa" ( kalamullah.com [PDF; 6.7 MB; English, Arabic]; summary [English ]); Full text version p. 191 ( kalamullah.com ( memento from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 1.6 MB; English]).
↑ 'Al-Qaswa', what's behind the name? (No longer available online.) In: qaswa.net. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on December 2, 2019 .

[1] Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri : The Sealed Nectar. Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications, 1996, p. 380: "with the Prophet at their head on his she-camel, Al-Qaswa" ( kalamullah.com [PDF; 6.7 MB; English, Arabic]; summary [English ]); Full text version p. 191 ( kalamullah.com ( memento from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 1.6 MB; English]).

[2] 'Al-Qaswa', what's behind the name? (No longer available online.) In: qaswa.net. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on December 2, 2019 .