Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570, he had a very sad life until he was 12 years old. He came from a wealthy family but his father died 3 weeks before Muhammad was born. It was customary for Quarish women (like Muhammad¡s mother) to entrust their babies to Bedioun women, who were wandering tribes people to raise them in the desert to protect them from disease in the towns. Muhammad was looked after by a Bedioun woman called Halimah until he was 6 years old, when he was returned to his mother. His mother died later that year and Muhammad went to live with his grandfather Abl-al-Muttalib, who was 80 years old. His grandfather died 2 years later and Muhammad went to live with his uncle Abu Talib, a wealthy merchant.
             Muhammad first worked as a shepherd, his uncle thought he was hardworking and trustworthy and took him on business trips. The opinion that Muhammad could be trusted was widely thought as he earned the nickname 'Al-Amin¡, which means the trustworthy one. Muslims believe that Muhammad¡s trust was one of his traits as a leader and helped him gather more followers.
             Muhammad became a business manager, one of his clients was a wealthy woman much older than him her name was Khadijah. Muhammad made her twice the money she had expected and Khadijah asked Muhammad to marry her and he accepted.
             The first time Muhammad really showed his leadership skills were when the Ka¡bab, which was a large square stone where people put their statues of idols (Theses were made in Mecca and exported) to worship them needed repairing after heavy rain. Mecca had many different tribes and they all helped to fix the Ka¡bab. When the black stone had to be put back inside there were many arguments over which tribe leader should have the honour. An old man said they should wait to see who came through the gates to the Ka¡bab first the next morning, and they would decide what to do. Muhammad was the first one and he decided that the ...