74), while discussing the relevant verse in which the...

74), while discussing the relevant verse in which the Prophet was ordered to call his relations to Islam, at-Tabari exercises self-censorship and has concealed the clear and the explicit impact of the Prophet's words by recording it as follows: "akhhi wa kadha wa kadha: my brother, and so-and-so, and so-and-so." Ibn Kathír, another famous Damascene author of al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah (vol. 3, p. 40), has used the Ta'ríkh of at-Tabari as his main reference.

However, when he comes to the event of the Feast, he abandons the Ta'ríkh of at-Tabari and…