PROPHET MUHAMMAD: The Messenger of Peace

THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM wants us to stop.” (Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah - Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, p. 494) The Prophet bought that land to build a mosque and some rooms for his wives. After settling this matter, the Prophet asked who lived nearest the site. Abu Ayyub Ansari said his house was the closest and requested the Prophet to be his guest. So the Prophet stayed in his house for about seven months. In the meantime, his house was built. From the day the Prophet came to Yathrib, it came to be called Madinatun-Nabi or “The City of the Prophet”. The Prophet entered Yathrib on 17 September 622 AD. This year was later designated by Caliph Umar as the first year of the Islamic era, for this event was considered the most important in the history of Islam. THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM The first problem faced by the Prophet was that of the Makkan refugees. They had neither homes nor money. Most of them had been well-to-do in Makkah, but