The members of his clan - the Bani Hashim - considered it an...

The members of his clan - the Bani Hashim - considered it an honor and a privilege to defend him and to protect Islam - both of them their greatest treasures. They were aware that with Muhammad in their midst, they had become the recipients of the blessings of Heaven, and they had no intention of forfeiting those blessings at any price. Who else but the clan of Bani Hashim would defend Muhammad and protect Islam? Muhammad was its flesh and its blood, and Islam was its life and its love.

Another error that the distinguished historian has made is in the question which he has posed: "If worldly advantage had been his (Muhammad's) objective, how had it been attained?" Attaining worldly advantage was not…