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55 BH Marriage of Abdullah and Aminah

...r ancestry through the line of Ibrahim and Ismail. Islamic tradition preserves a remarkable account surrounding the marriage: Ab...

12 Rabi al-Awwal, 53 BH Birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

...ly generations; the twelfth is most widely cited in popular tradition, while scholars including Ibn Hazm have argued for the nint...

34 BH War of Fijar (Sacrilegious War)

...red months — specifically Dhul-Qa'dah — when all combat was traditionally forbidden by Arab custom. The violation of this ancient...

34 BH Hilf al-Fudul (Pact of the Virtuous)

...mbed Abu Qubays hill and called out publicly in verse — the traditional Arab method of shaming a wrongdoer — naming al-As ibn Wa'...

28 BH Marriage to Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

...ssistance from his uncle Abu Talib — and Abu Talib gave the traditional marriage speech at the ceremony. Khadijah's decision to ...

10 BH Public Declaration of Islam

...a public vantage point — and called out "Ya sabahah!" — the traditional alarm cry that summoned people to an emergency. The Quray...

9 BH Conversion of al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi

...hrough which the greatest transmission channel of prophetic tradition entered the Muslim ummah. His conversion and subsequent ret...

Rajab, 7 BH Second Migration to Abyssinia

...protection of a just ruler who would eventually, in Islamic tradition, accept Islam privately before his death. The Prophet ﷺ lat...

Ramadan, 4 BH Death of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

...letely Khadijah lived in his memory. Her station in Islamic tradition is among the highest of any woman: the Prophet ﷺ named her ...

1 Rabi al-Awwal, 1 AH The Hijrah: Migration to Medina

...as ever migrated for the sake of their faith stands in this tradition.

1 AH Brotherhood Between Muhajirun and Ansar

...en in poverty — became a permanent ethical ideal in Islamic tradition, enshrined by the Quran and embodied by the generation that...

Sha'ban, 2 AH Fasting of Ramadan Prescribed

...inning. The Prophet ﷺ elaborated the practice in prophetic tradition: the suhur (pre-dawn meal) as a blessing, the hastening of ...

2 AH Revelation of Ayat al-Kursi

...d Quranic verse in the daily practice of Muslims across all traditions — recited after every prayer, at bedtime, as protection be...

2 AH Marriage of Fatimah to Ali ibn Abi Talib

... of Paradise. The marriage itself became a model in Islamic tradition: a union arranged by the Prophet ﷺ on the basis of characte...

15 Ramadan, 3 AH Birth of al-Hasan ibn Ali

...ed the child Hasan — a name with no prior precedent in Arab tradition, chosen (according to some narrations) under divine suggest...

5 Sha'ban, 4 AH Birth of al-Husayn ibn Ali

...n before it, the name Husayn had no prior precedent in Arab tradition and was, according to some narrations, divinely suggested. ...

Safar, 4 AH The Treachery at Raji'

... raka'at before execution became the model for what Islamic tradition calls the martyr's final prayer, a practice he established....

Dhul-Qi'dah, 5 AH Siege of Banu Qurayza

...anu Qurayza would themselves have recognized from their own tradition — making it the most theologically resonant of the three tr...

Jumada al-Ula, 8 AH Battle of Mu'tah

...he title Jafar al-Tayyar (Jafar the Flyer) that the Islamic tradition carries to this day. The expedition to Mutah permanently ma...

Sha'ban, 9 AH Death of Umm Kulthum, Daughter of the Prophet

...Nurayn (Possessor of Two Lights) that he carries in Islamic tradition. The Prophet ﷺ reportedly said: 'If I had a third daughter,...