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The period of Muhammad before Medina started with his birth and ended in 622 with the Migration to Medina in 622.

Contents 1 History 1.1 c 570 1.1.1 Year of the Elephant 1.2 576 1.3 578 1.4 583 1.5 594 1.6 595 1.6.1 Marriage to Khadija 1.7 600 1.8 610 1.8.1 Muhammad's first revelation 1.9 613 1.10 614 1.10.1 Sura al-Rum 1.10.2 First blood 1.10.3 Start of the Persecution 1.11 615 1.11.1 7 BH, Rajab: First migration to Abyssinia 1.11.2 Satanic verse 1.11.3 7 BH: Second and third deputation with Abu Talib 1.12 616 1.12.1 Second migration to Abyssinia 1.13 617 1.13.1 Splitting of the moon 1.13.2 Meccan boycott of Hashemites and Muhammad 1.14 619 1.14.1 Year of Sorrow 1.15 620 1.15.1 Visit to Ta'if 1.16 621 1.16.1 Isra and Mi'raj 1.17 622 1.17.1 June — Second pledged at al-Aqabah 1.17.2 Assassination attempt 1.17.3 September 9 — Migration to Medina 1.18 Undated 1.18.1 Hilf al-Fudul 1.18.2 Stone of Mecca 2 Aftermath 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Main article: Year of the Elephant

Muhammad is born in Mecca.

Death of 'Amina, the mother of Muhammad (approximate date).

Death of Abdul Mutallib, the grandfather of Muhammad (approximate date)

Muhammad's journey to Syria with his uncle Abu Talib (approximate date)

Muhammad works for Khadija; leads her trade caravan to Syria and back (approximate date)

Muhammad marries Khadija (approximate date).

Age 25

Birth of Ali ibn Abu Talib. The cousin of Muhammad and his son in law. He was the 4th caliph.

Main article: Muhammad's first revelation

The first revelation in the cave at Hira.

Declaration at Mount Safa inviting the general public to Islam. ^[1]

Main article: Hadith of the prediction in Sura al-Rum

Main article: Sahaba's first blood

Main article: Persecution of Muslims by the Meccans

8 BH marked the start of the physical Persecution of Muslims ^[2].

Birth of Fatima the daughter of Muhammad. She was the wife of Ali ibn Abu Talib and all of offspirings of Muhammad are through her.

Main article: First migration to Abyssinia

Persecution of the Muslims by the Quraish. A party of Muslims migrates to Abyssinia.

Main article: Satanic verses

Main article: Second and third deputation with Abu Talib

Main article: Second migration to Abyssinia

Second migration to Abysinnia ^[3].

Main article: Splitting of the moon

The splitting of the moon (Arabic: shaqq-al-Qamar), is one of several miracles that Muslims ascribe to Muhammad. Muslims view it one of the more spectacular miracles, performed in order to demonstrate to people the validity of his claim as a Prophet of a true God.

Main article: Meccan boycott of the Hashemites

Boycott of the Hashemites and Muhammad by the Quraish.

Main article: Year of Sorrow

Lifting of the boycott. Deaths of Abu Talib and Khadija, Year of Sorrow.

Main article: Muhammad's visit to Ta'if

Muhammad went to the city named Ta'if and invited them to Islam, but they answered in a rude manner and started throwing stones against them, causing him to bleed heavily. The entire visit lasted one day.

Main article: Isra and Mi'raj

"Ascension to the heavens" in 621 ^[3].

Main article: Second pledged at al-Aqabah

The day before, the Meccans made a collective assassination attempt on Muhammad's life ^[4].

Main article: Migration to Medina

Muhammad preaching the Doctrines of Monotheism and the threat of the Day of Judgment, did not at first have much success in the city of Mecca. His tribe, the Quraysh, which was in charge of the Kaaba, persecuted and harassed him continuously, until an assassination attempt forced him to flee the city and migrate to Medina.

Main article: Hilf al-Fudul

Hilf al-Fudul was an alliance created by Muhammad in the pre-Islamic era ^[5].

Muhammad helped reach a solution regarding who would put back the stone of the Kaaba ^[6].

This event ended with Muhammad being in Medina.

• History of Islam
• Timeline of Islamic history

1. ^ [1] [2] [3] [4]
2. ^ The Sealed Nectar The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge on sunnipath.com
3. ^ ^{a b} http://christdot.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5095&hl
4. ^ Hamza Yusu on Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, 47th minute
5. ^ http://alislaah3.tripod.com/alislaah/id3.html
6. ^ Islam: Empire of Faith, part one, 10th or so minute

• Biography of prophet mohammed — islamvision.org