The three years of the secret call
ثلاث سنوات من الدعوة السرية
c. 610 CE – c. 613 CE
The first stage of the call to Islam — individual and secret for three years — in which the first band believed: Khadija, Ali, Zayd and Abu Bakr on the first day, then those whom Abu Bakr called, then a company Ibn Hisham numbers at over forty from every clan of Quraysh; during it prayer was first prescribed.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
ProphetsWorship and the pillars
Connections
- Had participant
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf· Abu Salama (Abdullah ibn Abd al-Asad)· al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam· Fatima bint al-Khattab· Khabbab ibn al-Aratt· Sa'id ibn Zayd· Talha ibn Ubaydullah· Uthman ibn Maz'un· Muhammad· Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Zayd ibn Haritha· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Uthman ibn Affan· al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Bilal ibn Rabah· Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah· Ubayda ibn al-Harith· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud· Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Caused by
- The pause of revelation (Fatra)
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
Quraysh· The Battle of Badr· The Hijra· Mecca· Muhammad· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The early Muslim community· The boycott of the Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The three years of the secret call”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-dawa-al-sirriyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.