THE BIRTH-DATE OF THE PROPHET AND THE HISTORY VIRIDU
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Channel: Knowledge Box · 2017 · Education
birth-date of the Prophet ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) is the 12th of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, in the ‘Year of the Elephant’, which is the year that the Abyssinian Emperor Abraha attacked the Kaʿbah with an army of elephants. However, most Muslims are unaware that there has always been great controversy over the precise date of the Prophet’s salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam birth, and it is quite possible that the 12th of Rabīʿ al-Awwal is not in fact the strongest opinion on the matter
