Travel with the ummah, after him
The Caravan is the Islamic history side of Prophetic Footsteps, an initiative of How to Muslim. Where the seerah walks with the Prophet ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah, The Caravan follows the ummah after him: from the Rashidun to today.
One brand, three roads
Walk, travel, play
Prophetic Footsteps has two homes and a game. They share one design and link to each other at every turn.
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The seerah · c. 570–632 CE
Prophetic Footsteps
Walk with him
The life of the Prophet ﷺ, from his birth in Makkah to his passing in Madinah, in eight chapters.
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Islamic history · 632 CE to today
The Caravan
Travel with the ummah
Twelve eras as stations on one road, a timeline, and the people who shaped each age.
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Inside The Caravan
Rihla
Play the journey
History as a travel journal: stop by stop, with passport stamps to collect along the way.
Start a journey
The idea
It all comes back to sand
The desert he walked, the trade routes the ummah travelled, and the sand in an hourglass. Three meanings of one grain.
Footsteps
The seerah: the desert sand the Prophet ﷺ walked, from Makkah to Madinah.
The caravan
History: the trade routes and Silk Road sand the ummah travelled after him. Camels only, never riders.
The hourglass
Time: the centuries running through the glass, from 632 to the present day.
How we write
Short, sourced, respectful
Content is added gradually from books and lectures. Until a chapter is ready, its page says so plainly.
- No pictures of peopleNo prophets, companions or historical figures are drawn. Emblems, landscapes, maps and architecture tell the story.
- Dates you can trustMainstream dates only, with “c.” where they are approximate, and Hijri years from 622 CE onward.
- Short and sourcedOne clear page at a time, each pointing back to where it came from.
- Fair to every ageTriumphs and trials are told plainly, with the honour due to the Companions and the scholars.
The road is being written
The first station, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, is open as a template, and the first Rihla is ready to play. More eras follow.