Prophet Muhammad spent most of his day dealing with that which concerned him of matters of religion and the people’s affairs, such as calling people to Allah, advising them, reminding them, introducing rulings, striving in Jihad, enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, helping the needy, and so on.

Ilyas is one of the ancestors of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), as is proven and well known, and is agreed upon among the scholars.

1- Some of the names of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) are clearly proven in the Quran and Sunnah. In the Quran, he is called Muhammad and Ahmad. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I have several names. I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am al-Mahi and I am al-Hashir.” 2- The scholars differed concerning many names and whether they may correctly be attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or not. This led to them differing concerning the number of these names.

1. The biographers and historians differed concerning the day and month of the birth of the Prophet. 2. The strongest opinion concerning the birth of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is that he was born between the eighth and the twelfth of Rabee‘ al-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant. 3. The most well-known view is that the death of the Prophet occurred on 12th Rabee‘ al-Awwal 11 AH.

The term Ahl al-Bayt (the family of the Prophet) includes his wives, his children, and Banu Hashim, Banu ‘Abd al-Muttalib and their freed slaves. For more, see the detailed answer.

Belief in the good character and virtue of the Sahabah is the belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah. Allah gave the Companions special virtues and noble characteristics, by means of which they attained that great honour and high status with Him. Allah chose as the heirs of the prophets those who would be grateful for this blessing and who were fit for this honour of conveying the message. It is essential to understand that the Sahabah were not infallible. This is the view of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah. Rather they were human beings like any others.

Wives of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) are: 1. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid 2. Sawdah bint Zam’ah ibn Qays 3. ‘Aishah bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq 4. Hafsah bint ‘Umar 5. Zaynab bint Khuzaymah 6. Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah 7. Juwayriyah bint al-Harith 8. Zaynab bint Jahsh 9. Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan 10. Maymunah bint al-Harith 11. Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab May Allah be pleased with them all.

When the persecution of the people of Makkah against the Muslims grew intense, Allah commanded the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to migrate to Madinah so that they could establish the religion of Allah in a land where they could worship Him.

Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) children are: Al-Qasim, `Abdullah, Ibrahim, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah.