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Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey

Around 619 CE later lives date Muhammad's journey to Ta'if, his rejection, and a stoning as he left. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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Around 619 CE later lives date Muhammad's journey to Ta'if, his rejection, and a stoning as he left. It is received narrative, not a court file. Muhammad's documented role is: He sought protection at Ta'if and was refused. Townsmen drove him out as later told; he did not sack Ta'if in 619.

Context

Meccan cover had already thinned. Zayd is named as companion on the road in later telling. Sharing the refusal with Ta'if's town is required. The 630 siege is a different instrument. The setting of Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey is the public file around 0619-06-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0619-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey on 0619-06-01. A refused asylum journey is a polarisation path in the Hijaz shrine network. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Muhammad

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He sought protection at Ta'if and was refused. Townsmen drove him out as later told; he did not sack Ta'if in 619.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactMuhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 June 619 · verified

    A refused asylum journey is a polarisation path in the Hijaz shrine network.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Cambridge History of Islam — Meccan period chaptersCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Muhammad, public Meccan preachingEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Muhammad, journey to Ta'if at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge History of Islam — late Meccan isolation at https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-islam/ (opens in a new tab) (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Muhammad, journey to Ta'if (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge History of Islam — late Meccan isolation (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-islam/ (opens in a new tab); Cambridge University Press).

Established: a sourced public record of Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey under 0619-06-01 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey under 0619-06-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

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Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMuhammad
  2. contributed toFactMuhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Muhammad is rejected and injured at Ta'if as later sira dates the journey. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-taif-rejection-619

https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-taif-rejection-619

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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