Life of Muhammad

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

Reflection:

Muhammad's life influenced a worldwide phenomenon which is known today as the religion of Islam. Some of the most important events began at the beginning of his life when he married his cousin and his cousin became his first follower, which eventually spread and Muhammad's practices gained him more followers. Him preaching Islam for the first time at a Mecca was also an important event because it began his legacy and established rules and rituals of the religion. All of the battle victories that Muhammad took part in give him a name as a hero and a warrior. This allowed his followers to view him as a God who can do anything for them.