Chronology of Prophet Muhammad’s Life
Time Line of Important Events in Prophet Muhammad’s Life
570 C.E. Muhammad is born in Mecca
595 C.E. Muhammad marries Khadija, who later becomes the first
Muslim
610 C.E. Muhammad receives what he comes to believe is his first visitation
from the angel Gabriel and revelation from Allah
613 C.E. Muhammad begins preaching Islam publicly in Mecca
615 C.E. Friction with the Quraysh causes some Muslims to leave Arabia
for Abyssinia
619 C.E. Khadija dies
620 C.E. The Night Journey Prophet Muhammad is carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and then travels to
the heavens and meets the previous prophets (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, etc).
622 C.E. The Hijra: Muhammad and the Muslims flee from Mecca to Medina
624 C.E. The Nakhla raid. These raids were not solely designed to exact revenge from the people who had rejected the Prophet who had arisen among them. They served a key economic purpose, keeping the Muslim movement solvent.
624 C.E. The Battle of Badr: the Muslims overcome great odds to defeat the pagan Meccans
624 C.E. Muhammad and the Muslims besiege the Jewish Qaynuqa
tribe and exile them from Medina
625 C.E. The Battle of Uhud: the pagan Meccans defeat the Muslims
625 C.E. Siege and exile from Medina of the Jewish Nadir tribe
627 C.E. The Battle of the Trench: the Jewish Qurayzah tribe betrays
Muhammad
627 C.E. The Execution the males of the Qurayzah tribe and
enslaves the women and children by Sa’d Ibn Mutab
628 C.E. Muhammad concludes the Treaty of Hudaybiyya with the
pagan Meccans
628 C.E. Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims besiege the Khaybar oasis and
exile the Jews from it.
630 C.E. Muhammad and the Muslims conquer Mecca
630 C.E. The Muslims prevail in the Battle of Hunayn and conquer
Ta'if; Muhammad becomes the ruler of Arabia
631 C.E. The Arabian tribes remaining outside Islamic rule accept
Islam
631 C.E. the expedition to Tabuk
632 C.E. Muhammad dies in Medina on June 8, 632 CE