Mecca and Medina are two common names many people come across when Muslims are preparing for Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Dhu al-Hijjah ...

Muhammad made a final pilgrimage to Mecca in early 632. He was in poor health but made it back to Medina. He died there on June 8, 632, in the embrace of Aisha, his favorite wife.

He, like all the Jews in Medina, also knew that when Prophet Muhammad and his followers first arrived in Madinah in 622 CE, Muhammad had found Jews there who were fasting. When he asked them the ...

In AD 622, facing persecution in Mecca, Muhammad escaped 275 miles north to Yathrib, an oasis village later renamed Medina, the city of the prophet. (Muslims today follow a lunar calendar that ...

Standing where Prophet Muhammad gave his final sermon, 2 million perform Hajj This is the largest pilgrimage since 2019, after which the Hajj was dramatically curbed due to coronavirus ...

In the Footsteps of Muhammad. Mecca - Monday 21 June, 8 - 8.30pm - Programme 1. Warning: This is a working script, not a transcript, it is for interest only and not reference and it will contain ...

Muhammad was born into the Quraysh tribe, a prominent family in Mecca, but his early life was marked by loss. Orphaned at a young age, he was cared for by his grandfather and later his uncle.

Hajj 2025: Over 1.6 million Muslims from 180 countries converged in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca on 4 June for Hajj 2025 – the annual pilgrimage that is one of the five pillars of Islam.

Elijah Muhammad had encouraged Malcolm in his ministry, appointing him the Nation of Islam's national representative. "I want you to be well known," Muhammad said, because "it will make me well ...