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Birth of Muhammad (SAW)
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Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, in brief, Muhammad (SAW), son of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib (father) and Aminah (mother) was born in 570 CE at Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (presently Saudi Arabia). As per the scholar, Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Mansourpuri, and the astrologer, Mahmud Pasha, Muhammad (PBUH) the Prophet, was born in Makkah, in Bani Hashim Lane, on Monday morning, in the year of the Elephant Event, on the twelfth of Rabi Al-Awwal, forty years of the reign of Khosru Nushirwan (Kisra) corresponding to the twenty or twenty-second of April, 571 A.D. His mother reported about bright light emanating from her pudendum illuminated the palaces of Syria at the time of His birth,
Childhood of Muhammad and Haleemah
As per the Arab’s custom, He was circumcised on the 7th day, and it was Thuyebah, the concubine of Abu Lahab, other than his mother who suckled him. Also, as per the contemporary custom of the Arabs, He was, as a child, sent to Bedouin wet nurses to grow up in a healthy and free environment of the desert, and develop a robust bodily frame. It is widely believed that His being an orphan, no woman was ready to suckle Him. However, one Haleemah bint Abi Dhuaib wife of Al-Harith bin Abdul Uzza took pity and agreed to suckle Him. On doing so, Haleemah was blessed with good fortunes. Muhammad stayed with Haleemah up to four to five years of age. As written by Anas in Sahih Muslim, Gabriel, the angel, ripped open Mohammad’s chest one day coming down to Him, took out the Satan from His heart, and sewed the chest which looked as usual. His companions came running to His mother (Nurse) Haleemah and informed her that Muhammad was murdered. She along with others came running to Him and found Him as usual hale and hearty. Haleemah became too concerned about the welfare of Muhammad and returned Him to His mother at around six years of His age.
With Muhammad back with her, His mother decided to pay a visit to her husband’s grave situated 500 kilometers away at Yathrib in Madinah. She stayed there with Muhammad, a woman servant, and her father-in-law for a month, and set out on the return journey to Makkah. However, she died due to an illness somewhere at a place called Abwah between Makkah and Madinah, and thus, child Muhammad lost His mother, too. His grandfather Abdul Muttalib, brought Him to Makkah and took great care of Him.
Childhood of Muhammad and Forecasting
Abdul Muttalib, his grandfather, forecasted that Muhammad was destined to make a mark in the world. However, at the age of eight years, two months, and ten days, He lost his grandfather, too, and came under the patronage of his uncle Abu Talib, His father’s brother. Abu Talib took the Prophet at 12 years of His age in a business trip to Syria where they met a monk Bahira who prophesied that Muhammad would be the master of all humans as He would get Messages from Allah.
When Muhammad was hardly fifteen, the “sacrilegious” war broke out and continued for several years causing huge losses of men and materials. At last, peace was restored, and Muhammad was instrumental in forming a confederacy to maintain peace. He has conferred the ministry of Prophethood.
