The grandfather of the Messenger of Allaah (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), ‘Abd al-Muttalib, left with his son, ‘Abd Allaah, to see Wahb bin ‘Abd al-Manaaf bin Zuhrah. He proposed for his son to marry Wahb’s daughter, Aaminah, and so they were married together.
In another narration, Aaminah bint Wahb was looked after by her uncle, Wuhayb bin ‘Abd al-Manaaf. ‘Abd al-Muttalib came to him requesting his daughter, Haalah bint Wuhayb, in marriage for himself and his niece, Aaminah bint Wahb, for his son, ‘Abd Allaah. Wuhayb agreed, and so both ‘Abd al-Muttalib and ‘Abd Allaah were married on the same occasion.
Haalah bore ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Hamzah (radhiya’Allaahu ‘anhu), and Aaminah bore ‘Abd Allaah, Rasool’Allaah (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).[1]
az-Zubayr bin Bakkaar said[2]: ‘His mother (Aaminah) gave birth to him (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) in the vicinity of Aboo Taalib in Makkah in a house which became the house of Muhammad bin Yoosuf , the brother of al-Hajjaaj.’
In another narration it was said he (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was born in the vicinity of Banee Haashim.
It was narrated that he was born on Monday, with the passing of two nights of Rabee’ al-Awwal in the ‘year of the Elephant’, other narrations state the 8th; or the 10th; or the 12th of Rabee’ al-Awwal. It is also narrated to be the first Monday of Rabee’ al-Awwal. Other narrations state he (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was born a month; or forty; or fifty days after the ‘coming of the Elephant’.[3]
az-Zubayr bin Bakkaar also said: “The ‘coming of the Elephant’ was thirteen nights prior to the first day of the month of Muharram, which was a Friday. The day of the Prophet’s (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) birth fell on the 20th of April, 882 years[4] from al-Iskandar Dhoo al-Qarnayn. “
The Prophet ‘s (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) father, ‘Abd Allaah bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib, died when he was in the womb of his mother. In other narrations, when he was twenty five; or thirty. It is also narrated that he died in Madeenah when Rasool’Allaah (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was two months old; or seven months; or two years and four months.
His (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) mother died in a place called al-Abwaa’, between Makkah and Madeenah, when he was four years old. Other narrations mention when he was six; or seven; or eight.
And Allaah knows best.
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[1] al-Haafith Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee (raheemahu’Allaah) stated: Narrated by Ja’far bin Aboo Shaybah in his Tareekh and from his ad-Dalaa’il with a weak sanad, “On the authority of ‘Abd Allaah bin ‘Amr bin al-’Aas (radhiya’Allaahu ‘anhu) who said:
“On the way passing through ath-Thahraan, a monk by the name of ‘Eesaa from the people of Shaam used to say: ‘Oh people of Makkah, a new born will be born from amongst you, to whom the Arabs will submit to and who will rule over the non-Arabs. This is his era’. There wasn’t a new born in Makkah except that he would inquire about.
On the morning of the birth of Rasool’Allaah (salla’Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), ‘Abd Allaah bin ‘Abd al-Muttalib left to see Eesaa. He stopped at his monastery saying, ‘Oh Eesaa’. A voice replied ‘Who is it?’. So he said, ‘I am ‘Abd Allaah. ‘Eesaa approached him and said, ‘Be his father! For the boy I used to inform you about has been born on Monday, and he will die on Monday. ‘Abd Allaah replied, ‘A boy has been born unto me in the morning’. Eesaa said, ‘So what have you named him’. ‘Abd Allaah replied: ‘Muhammad’. The monk then said, ‘Indeed I had desired that he should be born from your household. There are three signs which have come to pass of that which we know of him by, from amongst them: A star has appeared yesterday, he was born today, and that his name is Muhammad. Go meet him, for indeed he is the one I used to inform you about.’” (See Majaalis fee Seerah an-Nabee, p. 60-61)
[2] This is mentioned in his book, Nasb Quraysh wa Akhbaaruhaa. This section has been published in Misr in the year 1381 H. and is available from Maktabah Daar al-Uroobah with tahqeeq from the great Ustaadh Mahmood Muhammad Shaakir.
[3] See Majaalis fee Seerah an-Nabee by al-Haafith Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee for more information.
[4] Another version of the text states ’852′ years.
