The Birth of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.w)

Prophet Muhammad (a.s) was born in a special year called ‘the year of the elephant’. In that year, Abraha, the governor of the Abyssinian king marched towards Makkah with a huge army of elephants to destroy the Kaaba, the house where Allah (s.w) is worshipped. It is also known as the ‘house of Allah’

​But just as they were close to the Kaaba, Allah (s.w.t) sent many flying creatures who carried pebbles and threw them onto the army of men and elephants and destroyed them all and the Kaaba became safe again. This was a big miracle, and it was never forgotten that Allah (s.w.t) is the protector of all things.

​Abdullah, Prophet Muhammad’s father, died three months before he was born. So the Prophet never met his father.

Prophet Muhammad’s (s.a.w.w) childhood

The Prophet’s mother was Aminah, a pious and gentle woman. However, when he was a baby, she did not have enough milk for him. In those days, when mothers could not suckle their children because they did not have milk, their babies were given to healthy strong women to look after them and give them milk.

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.w) was therefore given the milk of a wet nurse named Halima who was a good, strong woman. With the gentle and pure love of Halima and his mother Aminah, Prophet Muhammad started to grow into a well-mannered and polite boy.

When he turned six, the Prophet’s mother Amina became sick and died and he became an orphan without a mother or father. However, Allah (swt) always has a plan and instead his loving grandfather started caring for him.

When he turned eight, the Prophet’s grandfather also died, and his uncle Abu Talib started to look after him just like he took care of his other children. Abu Talib had a son called Ali who became very close to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.w) and later became the first Imam of the Muslims.

The Prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.w)

​Muhammad (s.a.w.w) grew up to be a handsome, honest and hardworking young man who used to help his uncle in trade by selling goods in far away cities. The Prophet (s.a.w.w) married a woman named Khadija who was very wealthy but also very kind.

The Prophet used to like to spend time in a cave called the Cave of Hira on top of a tall mountain, called Jabal Al-Nour. He went there for many years, and there he used to pray to Allah (s.w.t) and think about all the amazing things that He created.