Mohammed - The prophet and the founder of Islam

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Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, was born in a political environment around 570 AD He belonged to the clan of Hashim and the tribe of Quraysh, the group that controls the Kaaba stone at the moment. Muhammad's father died shortly before his birth and his mother died when he was young. He was an orphan raised by relatives and practices of pagan cults known among his people. While stillThe youth was, Muhammad was a camel, and soon touring with a caravan from Egypt to Syria. At the age of 25 years, Muhammad was the hiring of a rich widow named Khadija to Mecca. Although 15 years her senior, married and gave birth to two sons and four daughters.

Muhammad was on his way with the caravan that came in contact with representatives of different religions and cultures of the time. Observedmany of them had much in common:

• Faith in God

• A belief in the dualistic struggle between good and evil

• A document that he believes the word of God

• A lesson eschatology of the right would be rewarded and evil punished

During the journey, the loneliness of Muhammad, who began looking for the one true God, to meditate. After 15 years, he said, had a visionin which the angel Gabriel told him he was the prophet of Allah. Mohammed instructed the message we proclaim is no god but Allah says Thomas Strong, in his book "The Religions of the contemporary world is Muhammad the exact words that were below the Koran, but could neither read nor write. How a prophet of Allah, Muhammad began to convey the message that was delivered but was not well received. Mohammedwas a laugh, and once, when he and his followers prayed to God, the people of Mecca has thrown dirt on him and his disciples.

In 619 AD, Muhammad lost his wife to death. In 620 AD it was visited and some of his disciples of men in the city of Yathrib. This city was later renamed Medina, in honor of Muhammad. The people of Yathrib were mostly Jews who believed that Muhammad was the Messiah. Its mission was to convincecame to Yathrib and bring peace between their factions. Mohamed refused at first, but in 622 AD, when wars broke out in Mecca, was to prepare his followers to Yathrib for peace, the way in which they were requested. Among Muslims, the trip to Yathrib that the "escape" or "Hijirah known.

Islam has grown to Yathrib (Medina) and 629, Islam had become an important military and political power has become. In 630, Muhammad came to Mecca with an army10,000. He immediately took custody of the Kaaba and destroyed all the relics, idols and images that had been the object of veneration of the population. With the 632, the Muslims have full control in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia. It 'was the same year, Muhammad is dead.