The birth date of the Prophet Muhammad



Turkish painting of the infant Muhammad with His Mother

The Gregorian calendar date and day of the Prophet Muhammad's birth date varies each year.  This year (2015), His birth date falls on Saturday, the 3rd of January, if we are to accept the Sunni opinion.  Although both Muslim denominations agree that He was born on a Monday - and most likely in the Year of the Elephant - Sunni Muslims and Shi'ia Muslims continue to debate whether he was born on the 12 day of Rabīʿal-Awwal the 17th day of the same month.  Only a minority of Muslim scholars take the view that He was born on other days, in other months, but the year of His birth is likely established: 570 A.D.


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