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== Name and Lineage ==
== Full Name and Lineage ==
Full name: "Abū Al-Qāsim" Muḥammad bin [[ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib|ʿAbdullah]] bin [[ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib bin Hāshim|ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib]] ﷺ.
Full name: "Abū Al-Qāsim" Muḥammad bin [[ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib|ʿAbdullah]] bin [[ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib bin Hāshim|ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib]] ﷺ.


Full patrilineal lineage:  
Full patrilineal lineage:  


Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullah b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim b. ʿAbd Manāf b. Quṣayy b. Kilāb b. Murrah b. Kaʿb b. Luʾayy b. Ghālib b. Fihr b. Mālik b. An-Naḍr b. Kinānah b. Khuzaimah b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿad b. ʿAdnān<ref>Kāndhalwī, Muḥammad Idrīs. ''Seeratul Mustafa (Abridged)''. Translated by Muhammad Kadwa and Mahomed Mahomedy. 2nd ed. Isipingo Beach, South Africa: Jamiatul Ulama (KZN), 2015. Page 1.
Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullah b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim b. ʿAbd Manāf b. Quṣayy b. Kilāb b. Murrah b. Kaʿb b. Luʾayy b. Ghālib b. Fihr b. Mālik b. An-Naḍr b. Kinānah b. Khuzaimah b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿad b. ʿAdnān.<ref>Kāndhalwī, Muḥammad Idrīs. ''Seeratul Mustafa (Abridged)''. Translated by Muhammad Kadwa and Mahomed Mahomedy. 2nd ed. Isipingo Beach, South Africa: Jamiatul Ulama (KZN), 2015. Page 1.


For a longer, more detailed lineage, see [[Detailed family tree of Muḥammad ﷺ|here]]. </ref>.
For a longer, more detailed lineage, see [[Detailed family tree of Muḥammad ﷺ|here]]. </ref>
 
== Titles and Epithets ==


== Early Life ==
== Early Life ==


=== Birth ===
=== Birth ===
He was born on the 8th of Rabīʿ Al-Awwal (April of 570 CE) in [[Abū Ṭālib]]'s house in [[Makkah]]. The year was known as the Year of the Elephant, named after the [[Incident of the People of the Elephants|incident with the People of the Elephants]] earlier the same year.
Muḥaddithūn and Islamic historians unanimously agree that the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, approximately fifty days after [[The Incident of the Army of Elephants|its eponymous incident]].<ref>Zarqānī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī. ''Sharḥ Al-ʿAllāmah al-Zarqānī: ʿalā al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah Bi al-Minaḥ al-Muḥammadiyyah Li al-ʿAllāmah al-Qasṭalānī''. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-ilmiyah (DKI), 2012. Pages 243-244.</ref> The bulk of both groups also date his birth to the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, the third month of the [[The Islamic Calendar|Islamic calendar]], on either the 8th or the 12th day (April of 570 CE),<ref>Qasṭalānī says the 8th is the more likely birthdate. He attributes this opinion to 'most muḥaddithūn and historians who are knowledgeable in the field, as well as Ibn ʿAbbās and Jubayr b. Muṭʿim.
 
Zarqānī, Muḥammad. ''Sharḥ Al-ʿAllāmah al-Zarqānī.'' Pages 246-247.</ref><ref>Ibn Kathīr says the 12th is the more accurate opinion. He cites a ḥadīth in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim to support his viewpoint in this regard, narrated by Ibn ʿAbbās.
 
Damishqī, Ibn Kathīr. ''Dhikr Mawlid Al-Nabī Wa Raḍāʿih''. PDF. Edited by Maḥmūd al-Arnāʾūṭ, n.d. Pages 134-135</ref><ref>For the academic discussion on Rasūl-Allāh's ﷺ date of birth, see [[Muḥammad's ﷺ Date of Birth|here]].</ref> in [[Abū Ṭālib]]'s house in [[Makkah]].


=== Upbringing ===
=== Upbringing ===
He was suckled by his mother [[Āminah bint Wahab|Āminah]] for a few days, then he was suckled by [[Thuwaybah]] ﵂. Then he was suckled by [[Ḥalīmah]].
He was suckled by his mother [[Āminah bint Wahab|Āminah]] for a few days, then he was suckled by [[Thuwaybah]] ﵂. Then he was suckled by [[Ḥalīmah]].

Revision as of 23:48, 8 January 2024

Full Name and Lineage

Full name: "Abū Al-Qāsim" Muḥammad bin ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib ﷺ.

Full patrilineal lineage:

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullah b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib b. Hāshim b. ʿAbd Manāf b. Quṣayy b. Kilāb b. Murrah b. Kaʿb b. Luʾayy b. Ghālib b. Fihr b. Mālik b. An-Naḍr b. Kinānah b. Khuzaimah b. Mudrikah b. Ilyās b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿad b. ʿAdnān.[1]

Titles and Epithets

Early Life

Birth

Muḥaddithūn and Islamic historians unanimously agree that the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, approximately fifty days after its eponymous incident.[2] The bulk of both groups also date his birth to the month of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, on either the 8th or the 12th day (April of 570 CE),[3][4][5] in Abū Ṭālib's house in Makkah.

Upbringing

He was suckled by his mother Āminah for a few days, then he was suckled by Thuwaybah ﵂. Then he was suckled by Ḥalīmah.

  1. Kāndhalwī, Muḥammad Idrīs. Seeratul Mustafa (Abridged). Translated by Muhammad Kadwa and Mahomed Mahomedy. 2nd ed. Isipingo Beach, South Africa: Jamiatul Ulama (KZN), 2015. Page 1. For a longer, more detailed lineage, see here.
  2. Zarqānī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī. Sharḥ Al-ʿAllāmah al-Zarqānī: ʿalā al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah Bi al-Minaḥ al-Muḥammadiyyah Li al-ʿAllāmah al-Qasṭalānī. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-ilmiyah (DKI), 2012. Pages 243-244.
  3. Qasṭalānī says the 8th is the more likely birthdate. He attributes this opinion to 'most muḥaddithūn and historians who are knowledgeable in the field, as well as Ibn ʿAbbās and Jubayr b. Muṭʿim. Zarqānī, Muḥammad. Sharḥ Al-ʿAllāmah al-Zarqānī. Pages 246-247.
  4. Ibn Kathīr says the 12th is the more accurate opinion. He cites a ḥadīth in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim to support his viewpoint in this regard, narrated by Ibn ʿAbbās. Damishqī, Ibn Kathīr. Dhikr Mawlid Al-Nabī Wa Raḍāʿih. PDF. Edited by Maḥmūd al-Arnāʾūṭ, n.d. Pages 134-135
  5. For the academic discussion on Rasūl-Allāh's ﷺ date of birth, see here.