Important Dates in Islam

By Waseem Shazad

545: Hadrat Abdullah, our beloved Prophet’s (peace be upon him) father, is born.

570: Year of the Elephant. Abraha (governor of Yemen attacks Makkah). In August
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is born.

576: The Prophet (peace be upon him) visits Madina with his mother Sayyida Aminah bint Wahab. She passes away this year.

578: The Prophet’s (peace be upon him) grandfather Shaiba ibn Hashim, better known as Abdul Muttalib (497-578), passes away.

583: The Prophet travels on a trade journey to Syria accompanied by Abu Talib (497-578). Meets the monk Bahira.

586: Participation in the Battle of Fijar.

595: Marriage to Hadrat Sayyida Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (555 – 619, may Allah be pleased with her).

605: Mediates peace in the Quraish tribe regarding a dispute about the placement of Hajar-e-Aswad (the Black Stone).

610: First revelation (wahi) takes place.

613: Islam is first openly preached to the public since the revelation.

615: First group of Muslims emigrates to Ethiopia.

616: Second group of Muslims emigrates to Ethiopia.

617: Quraish initiates boycott of the Banu Hashim tribe.

619: Boycott ends. Year of Sorrow. Hadrat Sayyida Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Abu Talib pass away.

620: Journey to Taif. Miraj Sharif, the Prophet’s night journey to heaven, takes place.

622: Emigration, Hijrah, to Madina. Islamic calendar, the Hijri calendar, begins.

622: Ghazwah-e-Badr, the Battle of Badr, takes place. Banishment of the Bani Qainuqa tribe.

625: Ghazwah-e-Uhud, the Battle of Uhud, takes place. Banishment of the Banu Nadir tribe.

626: Campaign against Banu Mustaliq.

627: Ghazwah-e-Khandaq, the Battle of the Trench, takes place. Banishment of the Banu Quraiza tribe.

628: Treaty of Hudaybiyya. Conquest of Khaybar. Letters sent to several heads of state with invitation to convert to Islam.

629: First Hajj. Campaign against Mauta.

630: Conquest of Makkah. Battles of Hunayn, Autas and Taif.

632: Campaign against Tabuk.

632: The Last Sermon, Hujjat-ul-widah, during the Prophet’s only and final pilgrimage.

632: The Prophet (peace be upon him) passes away.

632: Hadrat Abu Bakr (573-634) elected as Caliph. Campaign against Syria under the leadership of Hadrat Usamah. Battles of Zu Qissa, Zu Abraq and Naqra. Campaign against Bani Tamim and

Musailama Kazzab.

633: Campaigns against Bahrain, Oman, Mahran, Yemen and Hadramaut. Battles at Kazima, Mazar, Anbar and other places.

634: Battle of Basra, Battle of Damascus, Battle of Ajnadin. Hadrat Umar (584-644) becomes the second rightly-guided Caliph.

635: Conquest of Damascus.

636: Battle of Yarmuk. Battle of Qadsiya. Conquest of Madain.

637: Conquest of Syria and Jerusalem.

638: Conquest of Jazirah.

641: Conquest of Alexandria.

642: Battle of Nehawand. Conquest of Egypt.

643: Conquest of Azerbaijan and Tabaristan.

644: Conquest of Farz, Sistan, Karman, Makran and Kharan.

644: Martyrdom of Hadrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Hadrat Usman (580-656, may Allah be pleased with him) is elected as the third rightly-guided Caliph.

During his rule, almost all of North Africa, the Caucasus and all of Iran are conquered.

656: Martyrdom of Hadrat Usman (may Allah be pleased with him). Hadrat Ali (599-661, may Allah be pleased with him) becomes the fourth rightly-guided Caliph. Battle of the

Camel.

657: Capital moved from Madina to Kufa in present-day Iraq. Battle of Siffin.

658: Battle of Nahrawan.

659: Hadrat Muawiya (may Allah be pleased with him) conquers Egypt.

660: Hadrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) regains control of Hijaz and Yemen.

661: Martyrdom of Hadrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Hadrat Hassan (625-669, may Allah be pleased with him) becomes Caliph. He abdicates.

Hadrat Muawiyah (602-680, may Allah be pleased with him) becomes Khalifah. End of Khilafah e Rashidah al-khilafah al-rashidah, the Rightly-Guided Caliphate.

662: Khawarij rebellion.

666: Attack on Sicily.

670: Foundation of the city of Qairowan in present-day Tunisia. Conquest of Kabul.

672: Island of Rhodes is conquered.

677: Conquest of Samarkand.

680: Siege of Constantinople, present-day Istanbul. Hadrat Muawiya (may Allah be pleased with him) passes away. Yazid (645-683) succeeds him.

Martyrdom of Hadrat Hussayn (626-680, may Allah be pleased with him) at Karbala.

683: Yazid’s son Muawiyah II (661-684) succeeds him.

684: Hadrat Abdullah bin Zubayr (624-692, may Allah be pleased with him) becomes Caliph in Makkah. Marwan (623-685)

becomes Caliph in Damascus.

685: Marwan dies and his son Abdul Malik (646-705) succeeds him.

686: Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd (622-687) becomes Caliph in Kufa.

687: Mukhtar is killed by the army of Hadrat Abdullah bin Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him).

691: Kufa is conquered by Abdul Malik’s army.

692: Martyrdom of Hadrat Abdullah bin Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him). Abdul Malik rules the entire Muslim empire.