The
Life of Muhammad - A Basic Time-Line |
| Date |
Event |
| 570/571 CE |
The birth of Muhammad to Abdullah and Amina |
| 576 CE |
The death of Amina; Abd-ul-al-Muttalib and Abu-Talib raise Muhammad |
| 596 CD |
Muhammad's marriage to Khadijah - 2 sons and 4 daughters born to them |
| 611 CE |
The Night of Power |
| 615 CE |
The flight of Muslims to Abyssinia |
| 619 CE |
The death of Khadijah |
| 620 CE |
The Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascent to the Seven Heavens |
| 620 CE |
The flght to Ta'if |
| 622 CE |
The Hijrah; the end of the Age of Ignorance and the beginning of the Islamic
Era |
| 2 AH (624) |
Mecca attacks Yahtrib (Medina) |
| 3 AH (625) |
The second time Mecca attacks Yathrib (Medina) |
| 4 AH (626) |
The defeat of the munafiqun |
| 6 AH (628) |
The treaty of peace with Mecca |
| 7 AH (629) |
The first pilgrimage to Mecca |
| 8 AH (630) |
Mecca falls to Muhammad |
| 9 AH (631) |
The submission of Arabia |
| 11 AH (632) |
The final pilgrimage to Mecca; the death of Muhammad |
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| Some terms to know from this history: abu & ibn, ansar
& mahajirun & munafiqun, hadith, hanif, hijrah, jinn, nabi &
rasul & nadhir & sha'ir, sunna (cf. Sunna), umma. |
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