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Qays ibn Makhrama’s Account of the Prophet’s Birth
English summary of the source section
Translated locally from the Arabic Seerah of Ibn Hisham. This is not an official published English translation.
Only an English summary is currently available for this section; the full section has not been translated here. Consult the Arabic source for exact wording and context.
Read the corresponding Arabic sectionIbn Ishaq said: Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Qays ibn Makhrama narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather Qays ibn Makhrama, who said: “The Messenger of Allah and I were born in the Year of the Elephant; we were peers in age.”