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The complete prophetic sira of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): from his birth and noble lineage to his mission and call, then the Hijra, the military expeditions, the conquest of Mecca, the farewell pilgrimage and his death. Our primary source is al-Bidaya wa Nihaya by the imam Ibn Kathir: we present the events of the sira arranged in their chronological order, in 68 events so far.

The sira: what is it?

The sira is the story of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from his birth to his death: his noble lineage, his birth and upbringing, then his mission and his call to Islam, the harm he and his companions endured from the polytheists, his Hijra to Medina, his military expeditions and detachments, the conquest of Mecca, and finally the farewell pilgrimage and his death (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). For this presentation we relied on the book al-Bidaya wa Nihaya (The Beginning and the End) by the imam and hafiz Ibn Kathir, one of the most important sources in Islamic history and the prophetic sira, known for its precision, verification and reliance on trustworthy sources.

The events of the sira, in chronological order

Here are the events of the sira already published in English, in chronological order:

• The birth of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him
• The nurses of Prophet Muhammad: Umm Ayman and Thouwayba
• The nursing by Halima as-Sa’diyya
• The death of Amina, the Prophet’s mother
• The journey of young Mohamed to Syria with Abu Talib and Bahira
• Bahira, the monk of the sira
• The upbringing of Prophet Muhammad and the protection of Allah
• The war of al-Fijar, at which the young Muhammad was present
• The pledge of the virtuous (hilf al-fudul)
• The marriage of Prophet Muhammad to Khadija bint Khuwaylid
• Khadija tells Waraqa ibn Nawfal what happened to the Prophet
• The rebuilding of the Kaaba by Quraysh
• The “hums”: Quraysh’s innovations around the Sanctuary
• The beginning of the revelation to Prophet Muhammad
• The age of the Prophet at the time of his prophethood and its date
• The pause of the revelation (al-fatra)
• The devils barred from listening to the sky at the Quran's descent
• How the revelation came to Prophet Mohamed
• The eagerness of Prophet Muhammad to receive the revelation
• The revelation resumes: Khadija the first believer
• The first Muslims: Ali, Abu Bakr and the seven
• The conversion of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
• The Islam of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
• The Islam of Dimam ibn Tha'laba
• Conveying the message to the kindred and the common folk
• Prophet Muhammad brings justice to the man of Irash
• The tortures inflicted on Prophet Muhammad by Quraysh
• Quraysh league against the Prophet and his Companions
• The persecution of the first weak Muslims
• The objections of the polytheists against the Prophet
• Quraysh’s tortures against the Muslims who followed the Prophet
• The polemic of Quraysh against the Quran
• The emigration of those who emigrated to the land of Abyssinia
• The letter of Prophet Mohamed to the Negus of Abyssinia
• The opposition of the tribes of Quraysh to the Banu Hashim and Banu Abd al-Muttalib
• Abu Bakr’s resolve to emigrate to Abyssinia
• The breaking of Quraysh’s scroll
• Quraysh’s hostility and the alienation of the Arabs: at-Tufayl ad-Dawsi
• A'cha ibn Qays, the poet who hesitated before Islam
• Rukana, Quraysh's wrestler defeated by the Prophet
• The supplication of Prophet Muhammad against Quraysh
• The prediction about Persia and the Romans
• The night journey of the Messenger of Allah from Mecca to the Bait al-Maqdis, then his ascension to the heavens
• Jibril teaching prayer to Prophet Muhammad
• The splitting of the moon in the Prophet's era
• The death of Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle
• The death of Khadija bint Khuwayld and her virtues
• The Prophet's marriage after Khadija: Aisha bint as-Siddiq and Sawda bint Zam’a
• Quraysh’s hostility after the death of Abu Talib
• The journey of Prophet Muhammad to Taif
• The jinn listening to the Quran after Taif
• Offering himself to the tribes of the Arabs in the seasons of pilgrimage
• Souwayd ibn as-Samit, the Perfect
• The Islam of Iyas ibn Mu'adh
• The beginning of Islam of the Ansar
• The story of the second Aqaba pledge
• Islam in Medina after the pledge: the story of ’Amr ibn al-Jamouh
• The names of those who attended the second pledge of al-’Aqaba
• The beginning of the Hijra from Mecca to Medina
• The cause of the Hijra of Prophet Mohamed
• The noble emigration of the Messenger of Allah himself, with Abu Bakr the Truthful
• The arrival of the Prophet in Medina and the place of his dwelling
• The merit of Medina after the Prophet’s Hijra
• The second year of the Hijra
• The third year of the Hijra
• The fifth year of the prophetic Hijra
• The sixth year of the prophetic Hijra
• The tenth year of the prophetic Hijra

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To deepen your reading: the stories of the prophets before Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are in the Stories of the Prophets section, the verses he received are in the Quran reading section, and the rulings of religion are detailed in the Fiqh section.