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Prophet Muhammad

Islamic prophet
Muhammad
مُحَمَّد
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"Muhammad the Apostle of God"
inscribed on the gates of the Prophet´s Mosque in Medina
Born Muḥammad ibn `Abdullāh (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بِن عَبد الله‎‎)
c. 570
Died 8 June 632 (aged c. 62)
Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Cause of death Fever or Poisoning
Resting place
Green Dome at al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Medina
(present-day Saudi Arabia)

Coordinates: 24°28′03.22″N 039°36′41.18″E / 24.4675611°N 39.6114389°E / 24.4675611; 39.6114389 (Green Dome)
Other names
Years active
583–609 CE as merchant
609–632 CE as religious leader
Notable work Constitution of Medina
Successor Succession to Muhammad
Spouse(s)
Wives Married
Khadija bint Khuwaylid 595–619
Sawda bint Zamʿa 619–632
Aisha bint Abi Bakr 619–632
Hafsa bint Umar 624–632
Zaynab bint Khuzayma 625–627
Hind bint Abi Umayya 625–632
Zaynab bint Jahsh 627–632
Juwayriyya bint al-Harith 628–632
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan 628–632
Rayhana bint Zayd 629–631
Safiyya bint Huyayy 629–632
Maymunah bint al-Harith 630–632
Maria al-Qibtiyya 630–632
Children
Parent(s)
Relatives Family tree of Muhammad, Ahl al-Bayt  ("Family of the House")
Arabic name
Personal (Ism) Muhammad
Patronymic (Nasab) Muḥammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf ibn Qusai ibn Kilab
Teknonymic (Kunya) Abu al-Qasim
Epithet (Laqab) Khātim an-Nâbîyīn
Signature
Seal of Muhammad

Muhammad (Arabic: محمد‎‎; pronounced [muħammad]; c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE) is the prophet of Islam. From a secular historical perspective he was a religious, political, and social reformer who founded Islam. From an Islamic perspective, he was God's Messenger (rasūl Allāh) sent to confirm the essential teachings of monotheism preached previously by Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is viewed as the final prophet of God in all branches of Islam, except some modern denominations. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity and ensured that his teachings, practices, and the Quran, formed the basis of Islamic religious belief.

Born approximately 570 CE (Year of the Elephant) in the Arabian city of Mecca, Muhammad was orphaned at an early age; he was raised under the care of his paternal uncle Abu Talib. Periodically, he would seclude himself in a mountain cave named Hira for several nights of prayer; later, at age 40, he reported being visited by Gabriel in the cave, where he stated he received his first revelation from God. Three years later, in 610, Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" (lit. islām) to him is the right course of action (dīn), and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, similar to the other prophets in Islam.


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