During his 40th year, Muhammad is ordained as a prophet. He lived for the first 53 years of his life in Mecca, where he was born and raised. From 570 CE until 632 CE, while the Hijra took place.

It is celebrated on the first day of Muharram. This important date celebrates the Hijra, the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. It was a historical ...

Muhammad left Mecca in 622, accompanied by a few dozen followers and their families, to settle in the nearby city of Yathrib. This event, known as the hijra in Arabic—rendered in English as ...

Masjid Quba is the first mosque founded by Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). Located in the outskirts of Madinah al ...

For Muslims, the clock of history was reset when, in 622 in the Christian calendar, Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to Medina. That event, the Hijra, became for Islam Year 1 of an ...

For Muslims, the clock of history was reset when, in 622 in the Christian calendar, Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to Medina. That event, the Hijra, became for Islam Year 1 of an ...