How can we reconcile the Hadith in Bukhari and the Hadith in Muslim regarding the period of the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) stay in Mecca and the duration of revelation there, and which of them is more correct?
What Muslim narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stayed in Mecca for fifteen years, hearing a sound and seeing light for seven years, and receiving revelation for eight years, and stayed in Medina for ten years, contradicts the more authentic narration from Ibn Abbas, which Bukhari and Muslim narrated: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, and died when he was sixty-three years old. This latter narration is consistent with what is well-known from the Companions, and it is preferred because it is the narration of the majority from Ibn Abbas, and they are more trustworthy and numerous. It also aligns with the authentic narration from Urwah on the authority of Aisha, and one of the two narrations from Anas, and the authentic narration from Mu'awiyah, and it is the statement of Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, Amir al-Sha'bi, and Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali. As for the narration of "fifteen years," it necessitates that his death, peace and blessings be upon him, occurred when he was sixty-five years old, which contradicts the more authentic narration and is held by the majority of narrators. Bukhari weakened it, and scholars have ruled that the narration of fifteen years contradicts the more authentic.
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