Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was born in Mecca around the year 570. Orphaned before he had reached the age of six, he was raised under the protection of his uncle Abu Talib.

Muhammad's Birth and Infancy Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca, a mountain town in the high desert plateau of western Arabia. His name derives from the Arabic verb hamada ...

After Muhammad's death, Aisha became a main source of information about Muhammad, and on medicine and poetry as well. Aisha's assertion that Muhammad lived the Qur'an became the basis for Muslims ...

1975 C.E. Wallace D. Muhammad, the son of Elijah Muhammad, takes over leadership of the Nation of Islam after his father's death and brings most of his followers into mainstream Islam. He later ...

Muhammad accepted his judgment, and the next day, according to Muslim sources, 700 men of the Banu Qurayza were executed. Although Sa'd judged according to his own views, his ruling coincides with ...

This PBS page explores the life and legacy of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, through his roles as a merchant, husband, prophet, and leader.

It is a collection of the revelations that Muslims believe Muhammad received, starting in 610 when he was 40 years old. According to its own message, the Qur'an does not establish a new religion ...

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet was created and produced by Michael Wolfe and Alexander Kronemer, and produced and directed by Michael Schwarz. Noted actor André Braugher is the narrator. Noted ...

Muhammad's relationship with Christians and Jews, was not, however, always warm. ... In the Muslim view, though born of the Virgin Mary and revered as a major prophet, Jesus was a man of flesh and ...

A man who could not read or write, he announced that he was the prophet of God. His name was Muhammad, and in the next 23 years he would bring peace to the warring pagan tribes of Arabia and ...