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Who is Mohamed? Mohamed is God's envoy to humanity. He came with the message of Islam, the last of the heavenly messages.

Who is Mohamed?

Who is Mohamed?

Prophet Mohamed (Peace Be Upon Him) is the messenger of Allah with the greatest heavenly miracle, the Holy Quran, the holy book of Muslims. Muslims follow the teachings of the Islamic religion through the Quran and the Sunnah Annabawia, which is the sum of the sayings and deeds of Muhammad (PBUH).

Birth and childhood

Mohamed was born on 12 Rabi' al-awwal of the year of the elephant (Am Al-Fil), which corresponds to approximately the year 571 of the Gregorian calendar, in Mecca. On this date, Muslims celebrate the anniversary of the Prophet’s birth (Al-Mawlid Annabaoui).

His father, Abdullah Bnu 'Abd al-Muttalib, belonged to the Qurayshite tribe Banou Hachim. He wed Amina Bint Wahab but passed away before she could give birth to the prophet (PBUH).

At his birth, Mohammed was entrusted to Halima Saadia who served as his wet nurse as was the custom in Arabia to entrust newborns to wet nurses from neighboring villages.

His mother died when he was only six years old. Following that, he was assigned to his grandfather, 'Abd al-Muttalib, and, following his death, to his uncle, Abu Talib.

Youth period

Mohamed's uncle was poor, so he had to work from his youth to help him provide for the family's needs. He was first a shepherd before working in commerce. From his youth, Mohamed (PBUH) was known among the tribe of Quraych for his great sincerity, they nicknamed him "Al Amine" (the one who can be trusted).

He was given trading caravans by Khadija, a wealthy Quraysh woman, so he could handle her business. His honesty and sincerity struck her, and she proposed to marry him. At the time, Mohammed was 25 years old and she was 40. The prophet didn't marry again till Khadija passed away, their marriage lasting 25 years until her death. Not only was Khadija the first female convert to Islam, but she was also the first person to convert.

Da'wa period

The prophet Mohamed (PBUH) had the habit of going to meditate in a cave called Ghar Hiraa not far from Mecca. It was there that the angel Jibril, also known as Gabriel, paid him a visit when he was forty years old and delivered a message from God. The first verses of the Quran that were revealed to the prophet were those of Surah Al-Alaq:

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَق. خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ. اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ. الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ. عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

"Read in the name of your Lord who created everything, who created man from an adhesion! Read, for the goodness of your Lord is infinite! It is He who made the pen a means of knowledge and who taught man what he did not know."

The revelation continued to descend upon the Prophet  (PBUH) for 23 years.

Mohamed (PBUH) began to preach the word of God and call on the people of Mecca to convert to Islam in secret at first so as not to provoke the ire of Quraysh who was powerful.

But 3 years after the initial revelation, God instructed him to make his preaching public, which sparked the rage of the leaders of Quraysh who adored statues and scarcely embraced the teachings of the monotheistic religion espoused by the prophet.

Migration to Medina

The number of converts to Islam increased in Mecca and its surroundings at the same time as Quraych's persecution of Muslims, which pushed the prophet to leave Mecca with his followers in the direction of Medina, which was then called Yathrib, after 13 years of calling to Islam.

The Gregorian year 622 corresponds to this exodus, known as the Hijra Nabawiya, and it is this year that will later become the first in the Muslim calendar.

The Prophet (PBUH) and his companions were welcomed with open arms by the Muslims of Yathrib who were called Al Ansar, their city was named Medina Madinat Arrasoul (the city of the prophet).

It was from this city that the foundations of the Muslim state were established and the battles were undertaken which would subsequently lead to the defeat of Quraych and the spread of the Muslim religion to Mecca and most of the Arab tribes. neighboring areas.

The period of Da'wa lasted 23 years during which the Quran was revealed to the prophet until his last pilgrimage called Hajjat Al Wada' (Pilgrimage of Farewell) where the last verses were revealed.

Death of the prophet

Shortly after this so-called Farewell pilgrimage, the prophet (PBUH) fell ill, he died a few days later on the knees of his wife Aïcha on June 8, 632 which corresponds to Rabi' al-awwal of the year 11 of the 'Hegira.

He left a fabulous legacy to Muslims in the Muslim religion and its precepts.