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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].

Early Life

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 with the People of the Elephants earlier the same year.

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.