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The Farewell Sermon (Arabic: خطبة الوداع, Khuṭbatu l-Widāʿ) also known as Muhammad's Final Sermon or the Last Sermon, is a religious speech, delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on Friday the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, 10 AH (6 March 632 [1]) in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, during the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj.
The version of the Bible he had access to was an Arabic translation of the Syriac Peshitta, although he only produced exact quotes from Genesis and sourced the rest paraphrastically. Isaiah and Psalms figure most prominently in his proof-texts, but Genesis, Deuteronomy (e.g. ch. 18), and Habakkuk also appear.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Sermon event involving Muhammad and Ali Ghadir Khumm Date 10/16 March 632 (18 Dhu al-Hijjah) Location Al-Juhfa, Hejaz, Arabia Type Islamic sermon Theme The importance of the Qur'an and ahl al-bayt, Muhammad's esteem for Ali ibn Abi Talib – claimed by the Shia as evidence of the ...
There is some evidence that Muhammad gifted his share of Fadak to Fatima in Medina when verse 17:26 was revealed, [1] [12] [13] and her agents managed the property when Muhammad was alive. [1] This is the view of Shia authors, [1] including al-Kulayni (d. 941) and al-Ayyashi (d. 932). [14] Among Sunnis, al-Suyuti (d. 1505) and al-Dhahabi (d.
Several Quranic verses highlight instances where Muhammad's contemporaries challenged him to validate his prophetic claims by demanding that he demonstrate phenomena that defied the ordinary course of nature, such as causing a fountain to gush from the ground, creating a lush garden with flowing rivers, manifesting a golden house, or delivering a readable book from heaven.
Verse 29:48-- "And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt"—is thought to indicate that Muhammad was illiterate and had not read any earlier scriptures.
The majority view is that Muhammad received this verse after his sermon at Arafat during his Farewell Pilgrimage in 632. [16] [1] This verdict is also accepted by the Islamicist Theodor Nöldeke (d. 1930). [2] Some other Sunni reports imply that the verse was revealed first during the Farewell Pilgrimage and then again at the Ghadir Khumm.
[1] The sayings form part of the Stations of the Cross, a Christian meditation that is often used during Lent, Holy Week and Good Friday. The Dominican author Timothy Radcliffe sees the number seven as significant, as the number of perfection in the Bible. He writes that as God created the world in seven days, "these seven words belong to God's ...