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In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of Aisha, his third and favorite wife. Some ...
[315] [274] On 8 June 632, Muhammad died. In his last moments, he reportedly uttered: O God, forgive me and have mercy on me; and let me join the highest companions. [316] [317] [318] —
Prophet Muhammed (p) was the architect of that transformation. His death in 632 presented the Islamic community with its first major challenge. The Muslims met this challenge by establishing the institution of the Caliphate and affirming the continuity of historical Islam.
According to the Holy Qur’an, God promised to protect the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) from the hands of his enemies. Many attempts were made on his life, ever since the time he received the first revelation. Proof of this is not only found in the Muslim scripture but also in historical literature.
How did Prophet Muhammad died? Having imparted his farewell sermon, Prophet Muhammad set his sights on Medina. Here, we lay out a chronological timeline of Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) concluding moments, capturing the sequence of events that marked the end of a prophetic era.
Muhammad’s followers defeated a Meccan force in 624; they suffered reverses in 625 but repelled a Meccan siege of Medina in 627. He won control of Mecca by 629 and of all Arabia by 630. He made his last journey to Mecca in 632, establishing the rites of the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. He died later that year and was buried at Medina.
According to Islamic tradition, his father died before Muhammad was born, and his mother died when he was a young child. He is usually said to have had 14 wives or concubines during his lifetime.
Muhammad was now taken in by his paternal grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, who himself died when Muhammad was eight, leaving him in the care of his uncle Abu Talib.
Upon his grandfather's death in 578, Muhammad, aged about eight, passed into the care of a paternal uncle, Abu Talib. Muhammad grew up in the older man's home and remained under Abu Talib's ...
Muhammad's extraordinary life and career were cut short by his sudden death on June 8, 632, aged about sixty, less than a decade since he had set off from Mecca with his small band of...