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What are the traditional events of Muhammad’s life?

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Born in Mecca about 570 CE, Muhammad married a wealthy widow, Khadījah, in 595. In 610 he experienced a vision of the archangel Gabriel. His public preaching aroused opposition from other clans of his tribe. He undertook his miraculous Night Journey (Isrāʾ) from Mecca to Jerusalem, where he prayed with Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. After his clan withdrew its protection, he fled to Medina in 622 and repulsed two attacks by Meccan forces in 625 and 627. He concluded a truce with Mecca in 628 but later forced it to submit. He led the Farewell Pilgrimage to Mecca, the precedent for the hajj, in 632, the year of his death.

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