Prophet Muhammad

Prophet Muhammad Timeline

571 Apr 22 Muhammad (al-Amin) Muttalib born to Abdullah and Amina
On the morning of Monday, April 22, 571 A.D., a grandson was born to Abdul Muttalib, who named him Muhammad (the extolled one). He gave a banquet in honour of his grandson to which he inv...
595 Muhammad marries Khadija
A high-placed widow, Khadija, who had acquired in pre-Islamic days, by her virtue the titles of Tahira (the virtuous) and Saiyyadah-i Qoraish (the princess of the Qoraish), hearing of the...
610 Muhammah receives first vision in Hira cave near Mecca
For years after his marriage, Muhammad would frequently take a provision of dates and oatmeal for food and retire for days into a cave he had found at the top of a cone-shaped mountain, c...
613 Muhammad begins spreading message of Islam publicly
After several similar experiences of revelation, Muhammad finally began to reveal the messages he was receiving to his tribe. These were gathered verse by verse and later would become the...
617
to 619
Meccan boycott of the Hashemites
According to tradition, in 617 the leaders of Makhzum and Banu Abd-Shams, two important clans of Quraysh, declared a public boycott against the clan of Banu Hashim, their commercial rival...
619 The Year of Grief: Abu Talib and Khadija die
In the year 619 A.D., not long after annulment of the social boycott, Muhammad suffered a great loss of Abu Talib and Khadija, who followed each other to meet their deaths within a short ...
620 Muhammad visits Ta'if
Initially the preaching of Islam by Muhammad had been confined to Mecca, and his success was rather modest, limited to 170 men and women in the city during a ten year period. However, in ...
621 Night Journey, Isra and Mi'raj: the "Ascension to the heavens"
In Islamic tradition, the Night Journey, Isra and Mi'raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج‎, al-’Isrā’ wal-Mi‘rāğ), are the two parts of a journey that the Islamic prophet Muhammad took in one ni...
622 Muhammad and the Muslim flee to Medina
The Hijra (هِجْرَة) is the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 In September 622, warned of a plot to assassinate him, Muhammad secr...
625 Battle of Badr - Muslims Attack Meccan Caravans
Muhammad had hardly breathed a sigh of relief in Medina when he was confronted with the series of military expeditions against the fronts of the heathen Meccans. Attack was apprehended ev...
625 Muslims are defeated by Meccans at Uhud.
It was the morning of Saturday, 7th Shawal, 3/March 23, 625 - exactly a year and a week after the battle of Badr. The Meccans again made first inroad and once again the rout began a good ...
627 Feb The Massacre of the Banu Qurayza
After the Muslims had repelled the Pagans at the Battle of the Trench, Muhammad turned on the Jewish tribe of Medina known as the Banu Qurayza. The Banu Qurayza had planned to defect to...
629 The Mauta Expedition
When Muhammad summoned the nations the message of Islam, one of his letters was addressed to the governor of Ghassan, Shurahbil bin Amr, who was the ruler of this region and was the vassa...
629 Jul Battle of Khaibar
In 7/629, about six weeks after Muhammad's party returned from Hudaibia, they learnt that the Jews in Khaibar were planning to make an inroad on Medina. To forestall these moves, the Musl...
630 The Muslims capture Mecca
By now, the balance of power had shifted radically away from once-powerful Mecca, toward Muhammad and the Muslims. In January, 630, they marched on Mecca and were joined by tribe after t...
630 Jan Destruction of the Al-Uzza Temple
Muhammad sent Khalid to destroy the temple of Al-Uzza at Nakhla. According to Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, Khalid ransacked the temple, cut down the sacred trees and killed two people there: Duba...
630 Jan 27 The Battle of Hunain
After the conquest of Mecca, the Muslims stayed in the city for two weeks when a news soon broke out that a big army had been mobilized in the valley of Hunain to attack Mecca and to undo...
630 Mar The Siege of Taif
The Banu Thaqif lived at the city of Taif just to the South of Mecca. They worshipped the Goddess Allat and had a great bejeweled statue of her. The Goddess of Allat had been worshipped i...
630 Oct Tabuk Expedition
With the conquest of Mecca, Islam marched with galloping speed throughout the length and breath of Arabia. The neighbouring Christian states, especially the Roman empire, were watching th...
631 Destruction of the Southern Kaaba at Dhul-Khalasah
Narrated Jarir: In the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance there was a house called Dhu-l-Khalasa or Al-Ka'ba Al-Yamaniya or Al-Ka'ba Ash-Shamiya. The Prophet said to me, "Won't you relie...
632 Mar 16 Muhammad names a successor on his farewell pilgrimage
When peace and order had been restored throughout the Muslim realm and the period of warfare was over and the people joined Islam in multitude, till in the course of some two years, there...
632 Jun 8 Muhammad dies of illness in Medina
Muhammad returned to live in Medina. In March, 632, he returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage, and tens of thousands of Muslims joined him. After the pilgrimage, he retu...
637 Apr Battle of Jalula
Battle of Jalula was fought between Sassanid Empire and Rashidun Caliphate soon after conquest of Ctesiphon. After the capturing Ctesiphon, several detachments were immediately sent to we...