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... the time of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, the Prophet's grandfather, the well's exact location had been completely forgotten....
...on him to be sacrificed at the Ka'bah in fulfillment of his father's vow; he was redeemed only after one hundred camels were...
...of Muhassir near Mina, Abd al-Muttalib — the Prophet's grandfather and Mecca's chief — met with Abraha to negotiate the retu...
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's father ﷺ, died before his son was born — making the Prophet an o...
... the day I was born and the day revelation came to me." His father Abdullah had died months earlier in Medina; he was born a...
...fant Prophet ﷺ — because he was an orphan, without a living father to provide generous payment. Halimah also passed him over...
...ophet ﷺ back to Mecca on her own, returning him to his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib. The depth of this loss cannot be overst...
...across Mecca. The Prophet ﷺ cried openly following his grandfather's body to the grave — the child who had already buried hi...
...shone as he traveled back to Daws. Al-Tufayl converted his father and wife immediately upon returning, but found the broade...
... to listen to him, calling him a liar who had abandoned his fathers' religion. The Prophet ﷺ presented the message; his own ...
...tions, a dead child, a death in the city of hijra while her father fought the defining battle of early Islam — represents th...
...im companions were martyred at Uhud. Hind bint Utbah, whose father had been killed at Badr, had Hamza's body mutilated in re...
...ind bint Utbah to kill Hamza — because Hamza had killed her father Utbah ibn Rabia in single combat at Badr the previous yea...
... force made possible by two years of free growth. Surah al-Fath (48) was revealed in the aftermath of Hudaybiyyah, opening ...
... honors extended to any group in the entire Quran. Surah al-Fath (48:18): 'Allah was pleased with the believers when they pl...
...ion. The Umrah al-Qadiyyah fulfilled the vision of Surah al-Fath (48:27): 'You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram, if Alla...
...d Mecca bowing his head low in gratitude, reciting Surah al-Fath. Bilal called the adhan from the roof of the Kaaba — the fi...
...sehold that had become a center of active opposition to her father's message. After the Hijra to Medina, the Prophet ﷺ gave...
...edition to the Syrian frontier near Mu'tah, the site of his father Zayd's martyrdom. Usamah was approximately seventeen to t...