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The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?

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Muhammad's date of birth?

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The current version of the webpage gives the day of birth of Muhammad as April 26, 570, without mentioning any source or argument for the choice of this particular date.

The quoted date was a Saturday, which is at variance with Muslim tradition which claims that the event occurred on a Monday.

Other dates have been cited in the past for this event, such as April 20, 571 (which was a Monday) and several others.

As there is no certainty in this matter (as with the year and day of Christ's birth) it would be better to remove the date and state that Muhammad was probably born in 570 or 571 AD. AstroLynx (talk) 16:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

No Ethan223456juke (talk) 23:11, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

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What is the name given by the Qur'an to Makkah, where the Prophet was born?

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

ക്വിസ് 42.111.225.88 (talk) 01:49, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Muhammad being born in Mecca is a fact not an opinion

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Thats one of the well attested and documented historical facts like Alexander being born in Greece or Cyrus being Persian or Mehmed II being an Ottoman Sultan NOT an opinion by some Sirah writers. So any attempts to call it an opinion is clearly clashing with Wikipedia's rules, See WP:YESPOV. ~2025-38592-90 (talk) 12:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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