The Prophet ﷺ is born

Muhammad is born in Makkah, in the quarter of Banu Hashim. His grandfather ‘Abdul-Muttalib carries him to the Ka’bah, thanks Allah, and names him Muhammad, a name not common among the Arabs.

As the book dates it: Monday morning, 9 Rabi’ al-Awwal, the Year of the Elephant; 20 or 22 April 571 A.D.

Who was there

• AWAminah bint WahbThe Prophet’s mother, who died at al-Abwa’ when he was six.
• A‘Abdul-MuttalibThe Prophet’s grandfather, who re-dug the well of Zamzam, named the baby Muhammad, and cared for the orphaned boy until his own death.