Hadith 3621

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ : " أُنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ , فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ , وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا , وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) received Revelation when he was forty years old. So he stayed in Makkah for thirteen years and in Al-Madinah for ten. And he died when he was sixty-three years old."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب المناقب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3621
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Hadith Commentary:

"Mab'ath" is a verbal noun (masdar mimi) which means "to send."


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