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The life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
السيرة النبوية

Walk through the life of the Prophet ﷺ, from his birth in Makkah to his passing in Madinah, in ten short chapters.

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Chapters

  1. 1Birth and early life in MakkahThe Year of the Elephant, an orphaned childhood, and the care of his grandfather and uncle.Chapter 1 · c. 570–578
  2. 2Childhood and youthA shepherd, a trusted merchant and "al-Amin", married to Khadijah and chosen to place the Black Stone.Chapter 2 · c. 578–610
  3. 3The first revelation in the Cave of HiraJibril brings the first verses, Khadijah believes, Waraqah confirms, and the message begins.Chapter 3 · 610
  4. 4Early Muslims and persecution in MakkahThe first believers, the public call, persecution, Abyssinia, the boycott, the Year of Sorrow, Taʾif and the Night Journey.Chapter 4 · 613–621
  5. 5The Hijrah to MadinahThe pledges of al-ʿAqabah, the plot against him, the Cave of Thawr, Suraqah, and the arrival at Quba and Madinah.Chapter 5 · 1 AH · 622
  6. 6Building the Muslim community in MadinahThe Prophet’s Mosque, the brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar, the charter of Madinah, the qiblah and the adhan.Chapter 6 · 1–2 AH · 622–624
  7. 7Major battles and peace treatiesBadr, Uhud, the Trench, the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah, Khaybar and the letters to kings.Chapter 7 · 2–7 AH · 624–628
  8. 8The Conquest of MakkahThe truce is broken, Makkah opens almost without fighting, a general amnesty, the idols removed, Hunayn and Tabuk.Chapter 8 · 8–9 AH · 630
  9. 9The Farewell Pilgrimage and final sermonThe only Hajj of the Prophet ﷺ, the sermon at ʿArafah and the completion of the religion.Chapter 9 · 10 AH · 632
  10. 10The passing of the Prophet ﷺHis final illness, Abu Bakr leading the prayer, his passing in ʿAʾishah’s room, and Abu Bakr’s steadying words.Chapter 10 · 11 AH · 632

Prepared from standard seerah sources; pending scholar review.