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Early Muslim conflicts

Muhammads era

Migration to Abbysian
Migration to Medina
Battle of Badr 2 AH, 624 CE
Battle of Uhud 625 CE
Battle of the Trench 627 CE
Battle of Khaybar 627 CE
Treaty of Hudaybiya 6 AH, Feb 628
Battle of Mut'ah Eight Months of 8 AH, 629 CE
Conquest of Mecca 630 CE
Battle of Hunayn 9 AH, 630 CE
Succession to Muhammad
A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ... Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people, which is sometimes characterized by physical violence. ... Image File history File links I made this. ... Muhammad is a common Muslim male name. ... The Battle of Badr was a seminal event in the formative days of Islam. ... The victory of Badr alerted to Islam all the hostile forces in Arabia. ... The Battle of the Trench (also Battle of the Ditch) was an attack by the city of Mecca on the city Medina in 627 AD. Although Mecca fielded a larger army it was not successful. ... The Battle of khaybar was a Battle involing the Muslims and the Jewish tribe of Banu Quraiza. ... The Treaty of Hudaybiya was a Muslim Battle. ... A battle in early Muslim history. ... According to Muslim history, ten thousand Muslims led by Muhammad surrounded the city of Mecca. ... The Battle of Hunayn is the name of a battle where the prophet Muhammad participiated in the year 630 CE. Categories: Military stubs | Islam-related stubs ... In 632 CE, the Islamic prophet Muhammad died in the Arabian city of Medina, after a brief illness. ...

Abu Bakrs era

Ridda wars
Battle of Akraba
Abu Bakr As Siddiq (Arabic ابو بكر الصديق, alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (c. ... The Ridda wars were a set of military campaigns against apostasy in Arabia during 632 and 633 AD, following the death of Muhammad. ... The Battle of Akraba was fought in 632 between the forces of Abu Bakr and the forces of Mosailima. ...

Umars era

Battle of Yarmuk
Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
For other uses of the name, see Umar (disambiguation). ... The Battle of Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmuq or Hieromyax) took place between the Muslim Arabs and the Byzantine Empire in 636. ... The Battle of al-Qādisiyyah (in Arabic: معارك القادسيّة, alternate spellings: Qadisiyya, Qadisiyyah, Kadisiya) was the decisive engagement between the Arab Muslim army and the Sāsānian Persian army during the first period of Islamic expansion which resulted in the Islamic conquest of Iran. ...

Uthmans era

Revolt against Uthman
For other uses of the name, see Uthman (disambiguation). ...

Alis era

Battle of the Camel
Battle of Siffin
battle of Nahrawan For other uses, see Ali (disambiguation). ... In 655 a Muslim force led by Caliph Ali defeated a superior force of rebel Arabs in the Battle of Bassorah (Bassorah = Basra). ... A battle between Ali and Muawiya Is forces. ... A battle between Ali and the khawarij See also Ibadi External links Shia http://playandlearn. ...

Banu Umayyad era

Hasan - Muawiya treaty
Battle of Karbala
Ibn al-Zubair's revolt
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This article is about the event of hijra. For the Islamic Calendar, see Hijra (Islam)


The Migration to Medina was the event where Muhammad prepared his small comunity of Meccan Muslims to migrate to Medina. The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (also called Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Muslim holy days. ... For other uses see Hijra. ...

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Mecca

Muhammad, preaching the doctrines of one God (called Allah) and the threat of the Day of Judgment, did not at first have much success in the city of Mecca. His tribe, the Quraysh, which was in charge of the Kaaba, persecuted and harassed him continuously. Muhammad is a common Muslim male name. ... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being believed by monotheistic religions to exist and to be the creator and ruler of the whole Universe. ... The word Allāh is the Arabic term for God. It is most commonly used in Islam and refers to the eternal monotheist Deity. ... This article is about the holy city in Saudi Arabia. ... Quraish (sura) is also the name of a Surah in the Quran. ... The Kaaba (Kaabah), (Arabic: الكعبة or Al Kaabah Al Musharafah : الكعبة المشرًّفة) also al-Bait ul Ateeq (Arabic: البيت العتيق ) and al-Bait ul Haram (Arabic: البيت الحرام ), is a building located inside the mosque known as Masjid al Haram in Mecca (Makkah). ...


Migration

He and his followers emigrated to the city of Yathrib, 320 km north of Mecca, in September 622. Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ...

Narrated Abu Bakr: I was with the Prophet in the Cave. When I raised my head, I saw the feet of the people. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! If some of them should look down, they will see us." The Prophet said, "O Abu Bakr, be quiet! (For we are) two and Allah is the Third of us." Sahih Bukhari 58.259

Yathrib was soon renamed Madinat un-Nabi, the City of the Prophet, Medina in English. In the following chronology the city will be referred to as Medina, and the region surrounding it as Yathrib. Sahih Bukhari is a hadith collection written by Muhammad al-Bukhari. ...


Chronology of the Hijra

  • Day 1: Thursday 26 Safar AH 1, 9 September 622
    • Left home in Mecca. Stayed three days in the Cave of Thawr near Mecca.
  • Day 5: Monday 1 Rabi' I AH 1, 13 September 622
    • Left the environs of Mecca. Traveled to the region of Yathrib.
  • Day 12: Monday 8 Rabi' I AH 1, 20 September 622
    • Arrived at Quba' near Medina.
  • Day 16: Friday 12 Rabi' I AH 1, 24 September 622
    • First visit to Medina for Friday prayers.
  • Day 26: Monday 22 Rabi' I AH 1, 4 October 622
    • Moved from Quba' to Medina.

September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... Events Hegira - Muhammad and his followers withdraw from Mecca to Medina - starting year of the Islamic calendar. ...

External links

  • http://www.islamonline.net/english/journey/2005/07/jour02.shtml


 

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