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Muhammad
The Prophet's Mosque, showing the green dome built above the tomb of Muhammad, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
After his father, 'Abd AllÄh, passed away before his birth, Muhammad was placed in the care of his paternal grandfather, 'Abd al-Muį¹į¹alib.
Following the death of his mother, Äminah, when he was six years old, and the subsequent death of his grandfather when he was eight, the responsibility for Muhammad was assumed by his uncle, AbÅ« į¹¬Älib, who was the new head of the HÄshim clan.