Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
Birth Strength of evidence: Strong Public holiday in Iran
The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the Year of the Elephant, according to the well-known Shia view.
- Other views
- Al-Kulayni (al-Kafi) and al-Saduq (Kamal al-Din) give 12 Rabi‘ al-Awwal, which is also the common Sunni view.
- Related Quranic verses
- 21:107 — The Prophet as a mercy to the worlds.
- Sources
- الکافی، کلینی، ج۱، کتاب الحجة
- الارشاد فی معرفة حجج الله علی العباد، شیخ مفید
- مصباح المتهجد، شیخ طوسی
- ویکیشیعه: تولد پیامبر(ص)