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The Year of Sorrow

عام الحزن

A trail through the hardest year.

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Walk this pathway

5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Khadija

    أم المؤمنين تموت: أول مؤمنة وأول زوجة.

    Death of Khadija bint Khuwaylid · Khadija bint Khuwaylid

  2. Abu Talib

    العم الحامي يموت: مكة تفقد سترها.

    Death of Abu Talib · Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

  3. The year

    عام الحزن 619: المصاب المزدوج.

    The Year of Sorrow · Death of Khadija bint Khuwaylid

  4. Ta'if

    الطائف تطرده: ثقيف تقفل أبوابها.

    Ta'if · The Year of Sorrow

  5. Aqaba

    من الحزن إلى المدينة: نور البيعة.

    The first pledge of al-Aqaba · Medina

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Overview

A path through the hardest year of the Prophet ﷺ's life: Khadija and Abu Talib die within weeks, and al-Ta'if drives him away with stones. Grief before the Hijra.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Year of Sorrow”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-year-sorrow/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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