The Last Prophet

Muhammad (PBUH) was born in Makkah in the year 570 A.D, at a time when Christianity was not yet fully established in Europe. Muhammad (PBUH) was the son of 'Abd Allah, a noble from the tribe of the Quraysh. Muhammad's father died before Muhammad's b - More>>

12th Rabi al-Awwal

One day, while traveling north, one of the Arab tribes from Mecca met a hermit in the desert. Some of the men stopped to speak with him. Hermits were known to be wise and the Arabs often asked their advice. The hermit asked where they had come from. - More>>

Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

Hashim : As we have previously mentioned, he was the one responsible for giving food and water to the pilgrims. This had been his charge when the sons of ‘Abd Munaf and those of ‘Abd Ad-Dar compromised on dividing the charges between them. Hashim w - More>>

Hazrat Halima
Like many other women in Mecca, Hazrat Aminah decided to send her son away from the city for his early years to the desert where it was more healthy. Women from the desert used to come to Mecca to collect the new babies and they would then keep th - More>>

Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)

Muhammad (PBUH) returned to live with his mother in Mecca when he was about three years old. Three years later Hazrat Aminah decided to take her son to visit his uncles in Yasrub. She told her maid, Barakah, to prepare everything they would need fo - More>>

Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)
Muhammad [PBUH], had no particular job at his early youth, but it was reported that he worked as a shepherd for Bani Sa‘d and in Makkah. At the age of 25, he went to Syria as a merchant for Khadijah [R]. Ibn Ishaq reported that Khadijah, daughter o - More>>

When he returned to Makkah, Khadijah noticed, in her money, more profits and blessings than she used to. Her hireling also told her of Muhammad’s good manners, honesty, deep thought, sincerity and faith. She realized that she homed at her target. M - More>>

When the Messenger of Allâh [PBUH] was thirty five, Quraish started rebuilding Al-Ka‘bah. That was because it was a low building of white stones no more than 6.30 metres high, from the days of Ishmael. It was also roofless and that gave the thieves - More>>

When Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] was nearly forty, he had been wont to pass long hours in retirement meditating and speculating over all aspects of creation around him. This meditative temperament helped to widen the mental gap between him and his comp - More>>

MUHAMMAD (PBUH) believed that there was only one Allah, Creator of the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, and of all living things, and that all people should worship only Him. Muhammad (PBUH) would often leave the crowded city and go to the cave i - More>>

After that momentous day in the month of Ramadan, Revelation came again & again to the Prophet (PBUH). He understood now what he had to do and prepared himself for what was to come. Only a strong and brave man, helped by Allah, can be a true prophe - More>>

Three years passed and one day the Archangel Gabriel came to the Prophet (PBUH) and ordered him to start preaching openly to everyone. So the Prophet (PBUH) told the people of Mecca that he had something very important to tell them. He stood on a hil  - More>>

As the number of the Prophet's followers increased so the enemies of the Muslims grew more and more angry. At last some of the Muslims decided to go to another country in order to live in peace. It was only five years since the Archangel Gabrie - More>>

The leaders of Quraysh became increasingly worried about the way the people of Mecca were being divided by the Prophet's teachings. Finally, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, one of the nobles of Mecca, decided that the only way to silence the Prophet (PBU - More>>

The Prophet (PBUH) and his followers went back to a normal way of life but the years of hardship had made Khadijah very weak. She became ill and soon afterwards she died. Thus, the Prophet (PBUH) lost his beloved wife and friend, the first pers - More>>

One night as the Prophet (pbuh) lay sleeping in the same spot where 'Abd al-Muttalib used to sleep, next to the Ka’bah, he was woken by the Archangel Gabriel. Later the Prophet (pbuh) described what happened: 'I sat up and he took hold of my arm. I - More>>

In Yathrib there were two main tribes, the Aws and the Khazraj. Both were very powerful, they were always at war with one another, and both worshipped idols. Also in Yathrib were many Jews who, unlike the Arab at that time, knew that there was only - More>>

After his companions had left for Yathrib, the Prophet (PBUH) stayed in Mecca, waiting for permission from Allah to leave the city. Abu Bakr and Ali stayed with him. There were also some Muslims whom Quraysh had not allowed to leave. Abu Bakr k - More>>

Ghazwa-e-Badar: The Muslims who had gone to Medina, had left all their belongings behind in Mecca and these had been taken by their enemies. Thus, when the Muslims heard that Abu Sufyan, one of the leaders of Quraysh, was on his way back to Me - More>>

Qutaysh had tried to destroy Islam but had failed. The number of Muslims grew and their armies increased from three hundred at the battle of Badr, seven hundred at the battle of "Uhud, to three thousand at the battle of the Trench. After the an - More>>

The peace which the Treaty of Hudaybiyah guaranteed for ten years meant people could travel from all over Arabia to visit the Prophet (PBUH) and a great many came to declare their Islam. Also, during this period the Prophet (PBUH) decided that - More>>

Despite the improved relations between Mecca and Medina after the signing of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the ten-year peace was to be broken by Quraysh who, with their allies, the Bani Bakr, attacked the Khuza’ah tribe. Now Khuza’ah were allies of th - More>>

NEWS of the growing power of the Muslims, as more and more of Arabia followed the Prophet (PBUH), eventually reached Heraclius, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Romans saw the uniting of the Arabs in Islam as a possible threat to their Empi - More>>

The Prophet (PBUH) had become the most powerful leader in the whole of Arabia. After the idols in the Ka'bah had been smashed and Quraysh had become Muslim, most of the other tribes of Arabia came to declare their Islam. The year in which they came - More>>

One night, shortly after his return to Medina, the Prophet (PBUH) woke up at midnight and asked his servant’ Abd Allah to saddle his mule. They then left the house and went to the Baqi al-Gharqad, the burial ground of the Muslims. There the Prophet - More>>