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The Farewell Pilgrimage and Death

The Prophet's Seerah
The Medinan Period — 10–11 AH1 min read

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 blood, wealth, and people's rights. Then was revealed to him: 'اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم'. He then fell ill and returned to his Lord in Rabi' al-Awwal of the eleventh year in Medina, after having conveyed the message and fulfilled the trust, and he was buried in the chamber of Aisha.

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.

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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…