Muhammad

Islamic prophet Muhammad مُحَمَّد
"Muhammad the Apostle of God" inscribed on the gates of the Prophet´s Mosque in Medina
Born	Muḥammad ibn `Abd Allāh (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بِن عَبد الله‎‎) 570 Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died	8 June 632 Medina, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Cause of death	Fever
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	Abu al-Qasim (Kunya) Rasûl'Allâh ("Messenger of God") (see Names and titles of Muhammad)
Years active	583–609 CE as merchant 609–632 CE as religious leader
Notable work	Constitution of Medina
Successor	Abu Bakr (as 1st Rashidun caliph) Ali (per Shia view)
Opponent(s)	Abu Jahl Abū Lahab Umm Jamil
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	Children Sons Qasim `Abd-Allah Ibrahim Daughters Zainab Ruqayyah Umm Kulthoom Fatimah Zahra
Parent(s)	Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib (father) Aminah (mother)
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 central figure of Islam and widely regarded as its founder by non-Muslims. He is known as the "Holy Prophet" to Muslims, almost all of whom consider him to be the last prophet sent by God to mankind to restore Islam, believed by Muslims to be the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. 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 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 only way (dīn) acceptable to God, and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, similar to the other prophets in Islam.