The Prophet's Seerah
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Upbringing and Birth
Muhammad ﷺ was born in Mecca in the Year of the Elephant, from the tribe of Quraysh, from Banu Hashim.
The Prophet's Seerah
Moments from the life of the Prophet ﷺ, from his birth to the Farewell Pilgrimage.
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Before the Prophethood
He ﷺ married Khadijah bint Khuwaylid after she was impressed by his trustworthiness in her trade, and she was the first to believe in him.
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The Beginning of Revelation and the Prophethood
Gabriel descended upon the Prophet ﷺ in the Cave of Hira when he was forty years old, and recited to him the first words revealed of the Qur'an: 'اقرأ باسم ربك الذي…
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The Secret Call
The Prophet ﷺ called to Islam secretly for about three years, fearing the violence of Quraysh.
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The Public Call and the Persecution by Quraysh
Allah commanded His Prophet to proclaim the call openly: 'فاصدع بما تؤمر وأعرض عن المشركين', so he called his people from Mount Safa.
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The Migration to Abyssinia
When the persecution by Quraysh intensified, the Prophet ﷺ permitted a group of his companions to migrate to Abyssinia, where there was a just king under whom no one was…
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The Night Journey and the Ascension (Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj)
Allah took His Prophet ﷺ on a night journey from the Sacred Masjid to the Farthest Masjid, then he was ascended to the highest heavens.
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The Migration to Medina
After the Ansar pledged allegiance to him at al-Aqabah, Allah permitted the Muslims to migrate to Yathrib.
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The Battle of Badr
In Ramadan of the second year after the Hijrah, the Muslims, numbering about three hundred and some odd, met the army of Quraysh, which reached about a thousand…
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The Battle of Uhud
Quraysh set out in the third year to avenge those killed at Badr, and the two groups met at Mount Uhud.
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The Battle of the Trench (Al-Khandaq)
Quraysh, Ghatafan, and the Jews formed a confederacy to annihilate the Muslims in the fifth year, so Salman al-Farisi suggested digging a trench around Medina.
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The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Prophet ﷺ set out with his companions intending to perform Umrah, but Quraysh blocked them at Hudaybiyyah, so a treaty was made with a ten-year truce.
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The Conquest of Mecca
When Quraysh broke their treaty, the Prophet ﷺ marched with ten thousand Muslims and conquered Mecca in Ramadan of the eighth year without any notable fighting.
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The Farewell Pilgrimage and Death
The Prophet ﷺ performed the Farewell Pilgrimage in the tenth year and delivered a comprehensive sermon to the people at Arafat, in which he affirmed the sanctity of…
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