Composing a maghâzî

I am still looking into Ibn Hishâm's arrangement of pericopae. He stuck his Munâfiq Cycle, if that's even a thing, before the stories of disputation. As I read Guillaume, 242-6, these Munâfiq guys mainly circle around Uhud and the Mosque Of Dissension (masjid dirâr cf. Q. 9:107f.). Ibn Hishâm was poor at relating the asânid for such sections, as Motzki noted; I suspect, because it's all done in summary form.

John Wansbrough, 13, pointed out that the suwar involved are 9, 4, 3, 33, then 63 and 59 once each. The Muslims relegate all of these to the Madînat Yathrib part of the Prophet's career - the late part. Not mab'ath, then; maghâzî... in theme. I suspect that the maghâzî is about where Ibn Ishâq assigned these comments. Pretty much where Ibn Hishâm has them, Hijra-era, Guillaume pp. 219f.

A cursory look 'round and I see these tales cited also in Ibn Kathîr, in Nawâwî, and in Balâdhurî's Ansab al-Ashraf. Ibn 'Abd al-Barr 'an Wâqidî cites "'Abd al-Hamîd bin Ja'far told me from his father" for the hypocrite Julâs bin Suwayd. Mind you: Wâqidî is Problematic for Muslims, let alone for us Ibn Warraq readers.

Elsewhere I do not consider Ibn Ishâq to be the most diligent of Muslims; he made use of a large block of Muhammad bin Abî Muhammad elsewhere, retaining them as a block. Someone like MiaM will be found, who composed this Munâfiq core on Ibn Ishâq's behalf.