The burial of the Prophet
دفن النبي
June 632 CE · Rabi' I 11 AH
The Prophet was buried in the room of Aisha, beside the mosque in Medina; the place later became part of the Prophet's Mosque.
Depth
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
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Connections
- Had participant
- al-Fadl ibn al-AbbasMuhammadAbu Bakr al-SiddiqAli ibn Abi Talib
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Caused by
- The death of the Prophet
People and things also explored
The death of the ProphetThe Farewell PilgrimageThe HijraThe last sermon from the minbarThe meeting at SaqifaAbu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illnessAbu Sufyan's mission to MedinaThe three years of the secret call
Sources
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
- Watt, Muhammad at Medina (1956)
- Lings, Muhammad (1983)
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
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