Important People & Dates

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Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, was born in 570 AD (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) and died in 632 AD (Medina, Saudi Arabia).

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Ibn Abbas was born in 619 AD (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) and died in 687 AD (Taif, Saudi Arabia).

 

Muhammad al-Bukhari, who wrote the hadith collection known as ‘Sahih al-Bukhari’, was born in 810 AD (Bukhara, Uzbekistan) and died in 870 AD (Xo’ja Ismoli, Uzbekistan).

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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, who wrote the hadith collection known as ‘Sahih Muslim’, was born around 815 AD (Neyshabur, Iran) and died in 870 AD (Nas​arabad, Iran).

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Ibn Kathir, who wrote a Tafsir on the Quran, was born in 1300 AD (Busra, Syria) and died in 1373 AD (Damascus, Syria). 

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