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Seerah 61 results
34 BH Hilf al-Fudul (Pact of the Virtuous)

... could be violated, that merchants could be cheated with impunity if they lacked powerful clan backing, and that the weak had...

13 BH Period of Secret Dawah

...nal invitation in the mission's earliest weeks. As the community grew to approximately thirty to forty believers, a need aro...

10 BH Gatherings at Dar al-Arqam

...m — was the primary gathering place of the early Muslim community in Mecca during the secret period of the dawah and continui...

10 BH Persecution of Early Muslims

...raysh leadership moved swiftly against the early Muslim community. Those who had converted without the protection of powerful...

Rajab, 8 BH First Migration to Abyssinia

...sustained pressure and ostracism. The Prophet ﷺ saw his community being broken one person at a time and gave them a direction...

Dhul-Hijjah, 7 BH Umar ibn al-Khattab Accepts Islam

... of Umar, together with that of Hamza, meant the Muslim community in Mecca was no longer a group that could be persecuted wit...

Rajab, 7 BH Second Migration to Abyssinia

... constituting a substantial portion of the early Muslim community, crossed to Abyssinia in the sixth or seventh year of proph...

7 BH Boycott of Banu Hashim

When individual persecution failed to break the Muslim community, the Quraysh escalated to collective punishment at the clan...

Ramadan, 4 BH Death of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

...e remainder of her accumulated wealth providing for the community — a sacrifice that contributed directly to her physical det...

4 BH Return to Mecca under the Protection of Mutim ibn Adi

...blished the principle that good deeds toward the Muslim community carry weight before Allah regardless of the faith of the pe...

2 BH Presenting Islam to the Tribes at Mecca

...erms but to those whose hearts are ready — and that the community the Prophet ﷺ would build was prepared in a city he had not...

1 BH Mus'ab ibn Umayr Sent to Medina as Teacher

...he Yathrib delegation to teach and establish the Muslim community in the city: Musab ibn Umayr. Before his conversion, Musab ...

Dhul-Hijjah, 1 BH Second Pledge of Aqabah

... Islamic state — possible, and transformed Islam from a community of believers into a political entity with a territorial bas...

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

...ance but because it marked the transition of the Muslim community from persecuted minority to governing entity with a territo...

12 Rabi al-Awwal, 1 AH First Friday (Jumu'ah) Prayer

...ximately a year before the Hijra, gathering the nascent community at Asad ibn Zurara's house. The Prophet's ﷺ first Jumu'ah a...

1 AH Building of Masjid al-Nabawi

...the Hijra — it served as the nerve center of the entire community: the Prophet ﷺ led five daily prayers, delivered khutbahs, ...

1 AH Brotherhood Between Muhajirun and Ansar

...re not political — they expressed a personal love for a community that had made everything possible. The brotherhood's model ...

1 AH Constitution of Medina

... other people. The Jewish tribes were acknowledged as a community alongside the Muslims — they had their own religion, their ...

1 AH Institution of the Adhan (Call to Prayer)

... year after the Hijra through a mechanism that combined community deliberation, divine communication through a dream, and pro...

1 AH Revelation of Surah al-Baqarah

... statement in the Quran of what it means to be a Muslim community rather than merely a Muslim individual — its legislative sw...

Sha'ban, 2 AH Change of Qiblah from Jerusalem to Mecca

...ets and creating a point of commonality with the Jewish community of Medina. The change to Mecca had multiple dimensions of m...

Sha'ban, 2 AH Fasting of Ramadan Prescribed

...stablishment of Ramadan was the beginning of the Muslim community's annual return to its most fundamental relationship with A...

2 AH Zakat Prescribed as Obligation

...itions in which recipients were difficult to find — the community's economic floor had been raised by the obligatory annual t...

Sha'ban, 2 AH Death of Uthman ibn Maz'un

...illness, not in battle — the first death of the Medinan community before the era of the battles had properly begun. The Prop...

17 Ramadan, 2 AH Battle of Badr

...y of Criterion. Before Badr, the Muslims were a migrant community in Medina, outnumbered and militarily untested. After Badr,...

Shawwal, 2 AH Expulsion of Banu Qaynuqa

...on of Medina, they were formally allied with the Muslim community under a covenant that obligated mutual defense and required...

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

...ough him.' The year became Aam al-Jama'ah — the Year of Community. Hasan's birth was the beginning of a lineage the Prophet ﷺ...

7 Shawwal, 3 AH Battle of Uhud

... of Medina — the second major battle between the Muslim community and the Quraysh of Mecca. The Quraysh came seeking revenge ...

8 Shawwal, 3 AH Expedition of Hamra al-Asad

...cal: to demonstrate that Uhud had not broken the Muslim community's capacity for action. An army that could take the field th...

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

...seerah not only as a family event but as the moment the community received the full set of birth Sunnah practices — the compl...

Rabi al-Awwal, 4 AH Expulsion of Banu Nadir

...s, houses, stored grain, weapons — passed to the Muslim community. Surah al-Hashr (59) is the Quran's direct commentary on th...

4 AH Prohibition of Alcohol (Khamr)

...erse was recited in Medina in approximately 4-5 AH, the community's response was immediate and complete. Companions poured th...

Safar, 4 AH The Massacre of Bir Ma'unah

...far 4 AH was the single largest loss of life the Muslim community sustained outside of a formal battle. Abu Bara' Amir ibn Ma...

Sha'ban, 5 AH Battle of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')

...ve military victory, a near-fracture of the Muhajirun-Ansar unity, a major act of prophetic mercy, a revelation about hypocri...

Sha'ban, 5 AH The Incident of al-Ifk (The Slander of Aisha)

... He and others spread the accusation through the Muslim community, and some sincere companions who failed to verify transmitt...

5 AH Revelation of the Hijab Verse

... women's dress and for gender interaction in the Muslim community. The ayat al-hijab (Surah al-Ahzab 33:53), revealed in 5 AH...

Shawwal, 5 AH Battle of the Trench (Khandaq)

...been expelled from Medina the previous year. The Muslim community fielded approximately 3,000 fighters — outnumbered more tha...

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

...still in the city, broke their covenant with the Muslim community during the Battle of the Trench (5 AH) by negotiating with ...

Dhul-Qi'dah, 5 AH Death of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh

...he had helped defend would, within two years, produce a community that conquered Mecca without a siege.

Dhul-Qi'dah, 6 AH Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

...ade. Tribes that had been unable to approach the Muslim community without triggering Qurayshi opposition could now engage fre...

Muharram, 7 AH Battle of Khaybar

...pposition north of Medina — primarily the Banu al-Nadir community expelled from Medina in 4 AH, who had settled at Khaybar's ...

7 AH Return of the Abyssinian Emigrants

...ristian king who granted them sanctuary when the Muslim community had no power and no territory. Two waves of emigration had ...

Dhul-Qi'dah, 7 AH Umrah al-Qadiyyah (Fulfilled Umrah)

... Quraysh who watched from the hills observed the Muslim community at prayer, at tawaf, in the state of ihram — a direct, visu...

Safar, 8 AH Khalid ibn al-Walid Accepts Islam

...ied. He was the most dangerous military mind the Muslim community had faced. In Safar 8 AH — barely eight months before the ...

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

... first direct military confrontation between the Muslim community and Byzantine-aligned forces. It was triggered by the execu...

8 AH Quraysh Violate the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

...yah had established a ten-year truce between the Muslim community and the Quraysh, with a clause protecting the security of e...

20 Ramadan, 8 AH Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makkah)

...of the seerah — the city that had persecuted the Muslim community for twenty-one years entered without significant violence a...

Shawwal, 8 AH Battle of Hunayn

...s conquered on the twentieth of Ramadan; by Shawwal the community was being tested again. Victory was not a permanent conditi...

Dhul-Qi'dah, 8 AH Distribution of Hunayn Spoils at Ji'ranah

...lamic education as the definitive statement on what the community was ultimately fighting for.

Rajab, 9 AH Expedition to Tabuk

...ing an army at the Syrian frontier to strike the Muslim community. The timing could not have been more difficult: peak summer...

9 AH Destruction of Masjid al-Dirar

...o the Byzantines seeking an alliance against the Muslim community and had intended to use the mosque as his base upon return....

Rajab, 9 AH Death of the Negus (al-Najashi) of Abyssinia

...Prophet's ﷺ prayer for the man who had given the Muslim community its first sanctuary in exile. The absent funeral prayer the...

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

... as among the deepest personal connections of the early community.

10 Rabi al-Awwal, 10 AH Death of Ibrahim, Son of the Prophet

... and whose grief itself was a form of teaching that the community preserved. The dual lesson of Ibrahim's death — that grief ...

Dhul-Hijjah, 10 AH The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hajjat al-Wada')

...0 AH that the Prophet ﷺ would lead the Hajj, the Muslim community gathered in numbers that the sources describe as between 90...

9 Dhul-Hijjah, 10 AH The Farewell Sermon (Khutbat al-Wada')

...ld prove to be his final comprehensive statement to his community. The sermon's core themes were those the Prophet ﷺ regarde...

9 Dhul-Hijjah, 10 AH Revelation of the Verse of Completion of Religion

...ed to be added, and the divine favor upon the believing community had reached its completion. Umar ibn al-Khattab, asked abou...

Dhul-Hijjah, 10 AH The Last Verse of the Quran Revealed

...had placed on him — to convey — to the scholars and the community who would carry the Quran and the Sunnah into every era, th...

Safar, 11 AH Final Illness of the Prophet

.... His hand went limp. He was sixty-three years old. The community that heard the news was shattered. Umar drew his sword and ...

Safar, 11 AH Prophet's Last Address in the Mosque

... at Arafat; this was a personal farewell to the Medinan community, delivered while gravely ill. The Prophet ﷺ offered public...

12 Rabi al-Awwal, 11 AH Death of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

...em. His hand went limp in hers. The news shattered the community. Umar ibn al-Khattab drew his sword and refused to believe ...

History 23 results
Prophet · Pre-Islamic Prophets Prophet Shuaib (peace be upon him)

...two peoples: the people of Madyan (a prosperous trading community in the Hejaz-Sinai region near the Gulf of Aqaba) and the c...

Prophet · Pre-Islamic Prophets Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)

...mic calendar. In Medina he established the first Muslim community — a model of governance, brotherhood, and justice unlike an...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ Pauline Christianity: The First Great Divergence

...a profound theological rupture began to form within the community of his followers. The central figure in this divergence was...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ The Council of Nicaea (325 CE) and the Formalization of the Trinity

...olitical convocation called by an emperor seeking religious unity for his empire, and it resolved its central theological dis...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ The Remnants of True Monotheism: Communities of Pure Faith

... [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah durin...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ Salman al-Farisi: Following Bishop to Bishop Across Syria

... his region, Salman al-Farisi رضي الله عنه seized his opportunity, broke free of his father's confinement, and joined the car...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ Salman al-Farisi: Testing the Three Signs of Prophethood

... became part of the public teaching of the early Muslim community, a testimony to the unbroken chain of divine guidance from ...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ Salman al-Farisi Embraces Islam: The Journey Completed

...mediately became one of the most beloved members of the community around the Prophet ﷺ. His status in the early Muslim commu...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Assassination of Uthman ibn Affan

...original wound of the first Fitna, splitting the Muslim community in a way that shaped Islamic politics for centuries. The qu...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Siffin

...ict remained unresolved. Siffin permanently divided the community into factions that would shape the trajectory of Islamic hi...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Nahrawan

...death. Ali confronted them, offering them return to the community; only a small number accepted. In the subsequent battle, th...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Hasan ibn Ali's Abdication — End of the Rashidun Era

...s.' This year became known as 'Aam al-Jama'ah — the Year of Unity. The transfer of power to Muawiyah marked the beginning of ...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Muawiyah I Founds the Umayyad Caliphate

...ssion. This agreement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended the First Fitna and...

Battle · Prophetic Era Battle of Badr

...first major armed engagement between the nascent Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca. On 17 Ramadan, 2 AH, ap...

Battle · Prophetic Era Battle of Khaybar

...d provided significant material resources to the Muslim community. Several companions, including Ja'far ibn Abi Talib who had...

Battle · Prophetic Era Conquest of Mecca

...near-bloodless recapture of the sacred city by the same community that had been expelled from it years earlier. After the Qur...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Conquest of Jerusalem (Umar)

...hes were seized, no civilians harmed. The city's Jewish community, expelled by Byzantine rule, was permitted to return. The c...

Battle · Crusades Era Crusader Siege of Jerusalem (1099)

...t followed shocked even some contemporaries. The Jewish community who had taken refuge in a synagogue were burnt alive. The M...

Battle · Ottoman Empire First Battle of Panipat

...abul and made multiple raids into India. His decisive opportunity came when the Afghan nobles of the Delhi Sultanate, dissati...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Islam Reaches China

...ders settled in Chinese port cities, and the Hui Muslim community grew along the Silk Road. Today, tens of millions of Muslim...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib

...n, and the emergence of the Khawarij divided the Muslim community. Ali was assassinated by the Kharijite Ibn Muljam while pra...

History · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Siffin

...h) in Islam and had lasting consequences for the Muslim community.

History · Ottoman Empire Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Pan-Islamism

...litical activist, died in Istanbul. He promoted Pan-Islamic unity against European colonialism.

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Family Rights of Neighbors in Islam

Jibril kept advising about the neighbor until the Prophet thought the neighbor would inherit. The Islamic neighbor ethic.

Society Islamic Brotherhood (al-Ukhuwwah)

The bond of faith that unites all Muslims: its foundations, obligations, and role in building a just society.

Dawah A New Muslim's Guide

... A practical guide to the first steps: prayer, fasting, community, and growing in faith.

Community Building Strong Muslim Communities

Principles and practical strategies for developing vibrant, supportive Muslim communities rooted in the Prophetic model of brotherhood.

Community Engaging Muslim Youth: Challenges and Solutions

Addressing identity, belonging, and faith challenges facing Muslim youth in modern societies while strengthening their connection to the deen.

Daily Life Mental Health from an Islamic Perspective

...ddresses mental well-being through spiritual practices, community support, and the balance between tawakkul and seeking profe...

Worship Eid al-Fitr: The Festival of Breaking the Fast

The sunnahs, prayers, and community celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, the joyous reward after comple...

Dawah Embracing Islam: The Journey of Conversion

...t new Muslims need, and the rights converts have in the community.

Ethics Rights of Neighbors in Islam

The Prophet said Jibril kept advising him about neighbors until he thought they would inherit from each other. The Islamic duty of neighborliness.

History Muslims in America: A History

From enslaved African Muslims to immigrant communities to indigenous converts, the centuries-long presence of Islam in the Americas.

Society Muslims in the West: Identity, Challenges, and Contributions

The experience of Muslim communities in Western countries, navigating faith, citizenship, and cultural identity.

Society The Concept of Ummah: The Global Muslim Community

The Islamic ideal of a unified community transcending race, nationality, and language, bound togethe...

Ethics Wasatiyyah: The Islamic Principle of Moderation

...ranic concept of the middle way that defines the Muslim community and its approach to faith, worship, and worldly life.

Society Shura: The Islamic Principle of Consultation

The Quranic mandate for consultation in governance and community decision-making, and its historical practice.

Society The Future of the Ummah: Challenges and Hope

An assessment of the current state of the global Muslim community and the sources of renewal and hope for the future.

Health Mental Health: Prophetic Guidance and Islamic Counseling

...s anxiety, grief, and depression through prayer, dhikr, community, and trust in Allah, alongside the permissibility of seekin...

Community A Guide for New Muslims: The First Year After Shahada

...ractical advice for reverts on learning prayer, finding community, dealing with family reactions, and building a sustainable ...

Community The Role of the Masjid in Muslim Community Life

...ip, education, social services, dispute resolution, and community building.

History The Death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

...ds and instructions, Abu Bakr's address to the grieving community, and the succession to the caliphate.

Community The Ummah: Unity in Diversity

How Islam builds a global community that transcends race, language, and nationality, the bonds ...

Ethics The Rights of Neighbors in Islam: A Comprehensive Guide

The Prophet's statement that Jibreel kept advising him about neighbors until he thought they would inherit, and the practical rights Islam grants to neighbors.

Society Islam in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges

How technology is transforming Islamic education, community building, and access to knowledge, and the ethical question...

Society Ummatan Wasatan: The Middle Nation

...description of the Muslim ummah as a balanced, moderate community, what this means in practice, and how it guides the Muslim ...

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