MUHAMMAD AS A NORMAL MAN (570-610) Muhammad's birth is said to have been in the "year of the Elephant." Which is around the time of the invasion from Yemen, where an elephant was brought along in order to smash the Kaaba. This event happened in 570 AD. Muhammad's family belonged to the clan of Hashim, a branch of the Quraysh tribe. While the Quraysh were ruling Mecca, the Hashimis had little but religious status connected to …
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…praying, singing, recalling stories from the Quran, visiting Muhammad's tomb, and rituals. Doing all of this takes 13 days. And it takes longer if you decide to travel from Mecca to Medina to see Muhammad's tomb. Soon after Muhammad's return to Medina, he died. Muhammad was buried in his own house, which had already served as a mosque for years. The mosque is still there, and is counted as the second most important mosque in Islam.