The Nature and Role of Muhamma
The Nature and Role of Muhammad the Prophet in Islam Born in approximately 571 AD, Muhammad is the most important and influential leader of the Islamic religion. His ability to influence people into believing his experiences helped the Islamic faith become what it is today. There are millions of people in this world whose lives have some how been effected by this man in one way or another. He has played a significant part in the development of Islam, and the happenings throughout his lifetime have caused changes and divisions to this faith. There is little that is factually known about Muhammad's life prior to the revelations he received from the Angel Gabriel in 609 AD. His birth name is not even known for certain. However, there are some concrete facts regarding his childhood. He grew up as an orphan and was raised by one of his uncles in the Hashim clan1. At the age of twenty-five, he married a wealthy women, Khadija, who was fifteen years older than he2. It is said that he was an unusually honest man, and many stories in the Hadith tell of his destiny to become a prophet3. During his marriage to Khadija, Muhammad frequently went to meditate at Mount Hira, which was located only a few miles north of Mecca4. O
The five pillars of the Islamic religion were a result of Muhammad's experiences and revelations told to him by Allah. In the year 629 AD, after the peaceful surrender of Mecca to Muhammad, he and many of his followers made their first pilgrimage back to Mecca. In 622, Muhammad made his historical pilgrimage to the city of Medina. After these battles, the direction Muslims faced during prayer changed from facing the north towards Jerusalem to the east towards Mecca11. About a year and a half after arriving in Medina, the Muslims and the Prophet were not getting along with the Jews that also inhabited the city. They wrote this down because it is believed that Muhammad was illiterate6.
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