Muhammad HASHIM o Profeta * ®

  Notas de nascimento

Muhammad is said to have been born in Mecca in western Arabia (the region known as Al ?ijâz). The date of his birth is given variously. A commonly accepted tradition places it in “the year of the Elephant”, which is understood as a reference to the year in which an Abyssinian ruler of the Yemen sent an expedition to destroy the Kaaba at Mecca. The expedition, which was a disastrous failure, is said in Muslim tradition to have included an elephant. Modern scholars have suggested that this took place around AD 570.

  Notas de falecimento

Following his conquest of Mecca, Muhammad's prestige and authority continued to expand in Arabia and Muslim forces reached southern Syria. In 632 Muhammad came to Mecca from Medina for the last time to perform the pilgrimage (hajj) ceremonies. This is known as the Pilgrimage of Farewell for, not long afterwards, having returned to Medina, he died. He was buried in his house in Medina, and the second most important mosque in Islam grew up there around his tomb.

Muhammad casou-se com Khadija bint KHUWAYLID *, daughter of Khuwaylid ibn ASAD * and Fátima bint ZÂIDAH *. (Khadija bint KHUWAYLID * was born in 555 and died in 619.)

  Notas de casamento

The people of Mecca, the tribe of Quraysh, have a reputation as great traders. One of them, a widow called Khadija, recruited the young Muhammad to manage her affairs and, impressed with his honesty and acumen, then offered him marriage. Muhammad is said to have been about 25 when he married Khadija, and so long as she lived he had no other wife. ¹