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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Fijar
Lit. "That which is unlawful." A term given to a series of sacrilegious wars carried on between the Quraish and the Banu Hawazin when Muhammad was a youth, about A.D. 580-590. (Muir, vol ii 3)
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12
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