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The Year of Sorrow

عام الحزن

c. 619 CE

Mecca

The tenth year of prophethood in which the Prophet's protective uncle Abu Talib and his supportive wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid passed away within a short span.

Depth

At a glance

Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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In time

610620630

In space

Mecca

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Connections

Had participant
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-MuttalibKhadija bint KhuwaylidMuhammad
Led to
The Prophet's journey to al-Ta'if
Occurred at
Mecca
Part of
The Prophetic Era
Revealed in
Qur'an 28:56Qur'an 9:113

People and things also explored

The three years of the secret callThe boycott of the Banu HashimMuhammadMeccaThe call to the nearest kinLast Quraysh delegation to Abu TalibThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaBanu Hashim

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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The three years of the secret call

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.