Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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effect their calendar was a solar one. This meant
that for thirty-three years all dates were removed
from their real place in the lunar calendar; every
thirty-three years, when their annual addition of
eleven days to the calendar had run the course of a
complete year, Hajj would be performed on its
proper date according to the lunar calendar. One of
the tasks entrusted to the Prophet was to put an end
to all the Quraysh’s innovations and have Hajj
performed according to Abraham’s original system.
The conquest of Makkah occurred in the month of
Ramadan, A.H. 8. The Prophet was now ruler of the
whole of Arabia. He could have put an immediate
end to all the Quraysh’s innovations. But instead he
bided his time. There were just two years remaining
until the completion of the full thirty-three year
course of
nasi.
The Prophet waited for these two
years and although he was the conqueror of
Makkah, he did not perform Hajj during that time.
Only in the third year after the conquest of Makkah
(A.H. 10), did he participate in the pilgrimage. That
was the year when Hajj was performed on the
correct date of Dhu’I-Hijjah, in accordance with the
system established by Abraham. This was the
Prophet’s farewell pilgrimage, and during it he
