Prophet Muhammad (s): Difference between revisions

According to the [[Twelver Shi'as]], the mission of the Prophet (s) began on the [[Rajab 27]].<ref>Āyatī, ''Tārīkh-i payāmbar-i Islām'', p. 67.</ref> In the years prior to his mission, Muhammad (s) spent a lot of time in solitude, worshiping [[God]]. He would spend a month in solitude in a cave called [[Hira']], at the mountains and would worship God there (see: [[tahannuth]]). During that month, he (s) would give food to any poor person that asked him. After the month was completed, he returned to [[Mecca]] and [[circumbulation|circumambulated]] the [[Ka'ba]] seven times or more before returning home.<ref>Shahīdī, ''Tārīkh-i taḥlīlī-yi Islām, p. 41.</ref> He was in the cave of Hira' when the mission began and [[verses]] of the [[Qur'an]] were revealed to him. Later, Muhammad (s) described the event: