Genealogy: Muhammad b. `Abdallah b. `Abdu'l-Muttalib b. Hashim b. `Abd Manaf b. Qusayy b. Kilab b. Murra b. Ka'b b. Lu'ayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh) . . . b. Isma'il b. Ibrahim . . . b. Adam

(30 generations from Muhammad to Abraham / 20 generations from Abraham to Adam)

570 "Year of the Elephant"

Traditionally Muhammad's birth dated to this event / year

`Abdallah, Muhammad's father, dies.

576 death of mother: Aminah bt. Wahb b. `Abd Manaf b. Zuhra b. Kilab b. Murra b. Ka'b b. Lu'ayy b. Ghalib b. Fihr (Quraysh)

Muhammad is taken in by paternal grandfather: `Abdu'l-Muttalib

578 grandfather `Abdu'l-Muttalib dies; Muhammad is taken in by paternal uncle Abu Talib b. `Abdu'l-Muttalib

580's Muhammad travels with Abu Talib on business to Syria, is recognized as future prophet by Christian monk named Bahira

Muhammad starts working for businesswoman Khadijah bt. Khuwaylid b. Asad b. Abdu'l-Uzz b. Qusayy b. Kilab b. Murrah b. Ka'b b. Lu'ayy b. Fihr (Quraysh)

595 Khadijah proposes marriage to Muhammad, he accepts

Out of this marriage will be born 6 or 7 children:

2-3 sons die in infancy (only name of oldest, Qasim, known for sure)

4 daughters survive:

*    Zaynab

*    Umm Kulthum

*    Ruqayya

*    Fatima.(will be mother of Muhammad's grandchildren: Hassan and Husayn)