
Life in Mecca
The first year
Halima Bant alīmah al-Sa’diyyah came to Mecca and took him ﷺ
The second year
Abu Bakr was born.63
The fifth year
Halimah returned him ﷺ to his mother.
The sixth year
His ﷺmother took him to visit hisﷺ maternal uncles from Bani ‘Adi ibn al-Najjar in Medina. Upon her return [to Mecca], she passed away in Abwa’. [As for his father ‘Abd-Allāh, th he passed away in Medina whilst she was pregnant with him ﷺ.
The eighth year
His ﷺgrandfather ‘Hazrat Abd al-Muṭṭalib passed away according to the predominant opinion [amongst the scholars], and guardianship of him was transferred to his uncle Hazrat Abu Talib.
The ninth year
Heﷺ left together with Hazrat Abu Talib for Shām to trade.
The thirteenth year Umar ibn al-Khattab was born.”
The fourteenth year
The War of Sacrilege (al-Fijär)67 took place between Kinānah and Qays. He ﷺ participated in it; it was called the War of
Sacrilege because it happened in one of the sacred months. In the same year, the Treaty of al-Fuḍūl took place; it has been said that it was named as such because a group from Jurham attended and each one of them was named al-Faḍl. The Quraysh formed an alliance at Dār al-Nadwah and agreed to thwart any oppressor from committing oppression. The agreement was reached in ‘Abd-Allāh ibn Jad’ān’s house. He said, ‘I would not wish to have a herd of red camels in exchange for the treaty that I attended in Ibn Jad’ān’s house; and if I was ever invited [again] to such [a treaty], then I would readily accept [the invitation].’
The twenty-fifth year
He ﷺ travelled together with Maysarah to Shām for Lady Khadijah’s business two months before marrying the latter in the same year.
The thirtieth year
Maula Ali ibn Abi Talib was born inside the Kaaba.
The thirty-fourth year
Mu’adh ibn Jabal born.
The thirty-fifth year
Reports about his ﷺ eminence started to become well known and he ﷺbecame renowned for his ﷺblessings (barakah) and honesty. [He ﷺwas known as the trustworthy (al-Amin)].
Fatimah al-Zahra’ AlaihisSalam was born.
Quraysh demolished the Kaaba and rebuilt it, and they appointed him as the arbitrator in deciding who would put the Black Stone back in its place.So he ﷺarbitrated between them with pleasure and justice. His ﷺorder was to spread out his upper garment and place the stone in it, and then for four of the chieftains to carry it together to where the stone was to be placed; he ﷺthen took it with his blessed noble hand and put it in its place.
The thirty-eighth year
Irhāṣāt,” which are miracles that appear before mission of Prophethood indicating its imminence, began to manifest: he would see bright lights and hear sounds without witnessing anybody, and he began to periodically isolate himself in the cave of Hira.”
The fortieth year
The trustworthy Jibril came to him with the Message of Allah according to what has been narrated, his mission of Prophethood began on a Monday.

