Explain The Social Conditions Of The Time And Events In Muhammad's Life

Studies of Religion 2

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In his early years, Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia in 570 CE. At the time, Mecca was a busy marketplace crowded with residents and nomads buying and selling goods. Not a great deal is known of Muhammad's early life. Both his mother and father were dead by the time he turned six. He was first cared for by his grandfather, but when he passed away, Muhammad's uncle, Abu Talib, adopted him. Abu Talib was the head of the Hashim clan, one of many clans making up separate Arabic tribes.

It is believed that as a young adult Muhammad worked. He travelled the Arabian Peninsula with his uncle, making contact with various cultures and religions, including Judaism and Christianity. At the age of twenty-five, Muhammad was working for a widow named Khadijah who was a wealthy merchant. In Mecca, powerful merchants controlled both the flow of goods and the religious life. As the gap between the rich and the poor widened, Muhammad began to question his life and the world around him. Muhammad arrived in Medina as the new leader, bearing tremendous responsibilities. While receiving communication from God and teaching his devotees, he had to protect Islam from opposition and find a peaceful solution to the local

Violence erupted, ending in the removal of some Jewish tribes from Medina. With his community established, Muhammad began raiding caravans bound for Mecca. Finally, in 629 CE, Mecca submitted to the Muslims which had now given them the power. Muhammad had smashed the stone idols which he had known as false prophets which people in mecca looked up to for hope. He spoke of the one God, or which they call Allah. Muhammad had proclaimed himself as a prophet who worked for him and was to spread the news of his new found hope. From that moment until the present, the Ka'bah became the principal holy place for Muslims. By 630 CE, Islam was the dominant religion in Mecca. Some tribes were easily converted while others were met by force. On his way back from this pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill. He died in Medina on June 8, 632 CE, at the age of sixty-one. Although he had married two wives since the death of his first loved wife, he had yet to father a son, leaving the question of successor in the hands of his