It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) began to receive the revelation of the Qur'an at the age of forty-three. He stayed in Makkah Mukarramah for ten years and in Madinah Munawwarah for ten years. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, his blessed age was sixty-three years.

Hazrat Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) delivering a sermon, saying: The blessed age of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) at the time of his passing was sixty-three years, the age of the two Shaykhs (may Allah be pleased with them both) was also sixty-three years, and I too have reached the age of sixty-three.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that revelation descended upon the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the age of forty years, then he stayed in Madinah Munawwarah for thirteen years and in Makkah Mukarramah for ten years, and at the time of his passing, his age was sixty-three years.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that at the time of passing, the blessed age of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sixty-five years.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was commissioned as a prophet at the age of forty. He stayed in Makkah for fifteen years and in Madinah Munawwarah for ten years, and at the time of his passing, his age was sixty-five years.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that revelation descended upon him at the age of forty years; he stayed ten years in Makkah and ten years in Madinah.

Hazrat Hisham bin Urwah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) embraced Islam at the age of sixteen and did not stay behind in any battle with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and when he was martyred, he was over sixty years old.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Ishaq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the age at the time of passing of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), the two Shaykhs, and Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was sixty-three years, and Hazrat Usman’s age was a little over seventy.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that I compiled the details during the era of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . The narrator says that I asked, "What is meant by 'al-muhkam'?" He replied, "The details." And at the time of the demise of the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , I was ten years old.

36133 - And others besides Hushaym added: And he passed away when I was ten years old (1).