حَدَّثَنَا
مَطَرُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
هِشَامٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عِكْرِمَةُ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : " بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً , فَمَكُثَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَهَاجَرَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ , وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ " .
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle started receiving the Divine Inspiration at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, receiving the Divine Revelation. Then he was ordered to migrate and he lived as an Emigrant for ten years and then died at the age of sixty-three (years).
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Hadith Commentary:
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"Mab'ath" is a verbal noun (masdar mimi) which means "to send."
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There are various opinions regarding the commissioning (ba'th) of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). The preferred opinion is that he was commissioned at the age of forty.
He remained in Makkah Mukarramah for thirteen years after prophethood.
In the narration of Sahih Muslim, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed in Makkah for fifteen years after being commissioned. Out of these, for seven years he would see light and illumination and hear voices from the unseen, and for eight years the revelation (wahy) would descend.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Fada'il, Hadith: 6104. (2353))
However, the correct view is that after prophethood, he remained in Makkah for thirteen years, and after that, he stayed in Madinah Tayyibah for ten years.
When he passed away, his age was sixty-three years.
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sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
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Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3851