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Prophet Mohamed
Religion remains a critical issue in the world today when nations are rising against nations with accusations on the different religious groups as propelling the vice. In the war, Muslims are highly blamed, as most of the terrorists and the instability circumstances in the Muslim world tend to spur the accusations. As such, it becomes relevant to understand the different religions together with their history to have the appropriate perspective even in decision-making. Similarly, anyone desiring to spread the doctrines of the Muslim religion needs to study the life of Prophet Mohamed and even work to understand the different missions he undertook.
The birth and prophecy of Prophet Mohammad’s coming
Prophet Mohammad Ibn Abdullah was born in Makkah in 570 C.E. in Madina (Peters 45). However, it should be noted that no one has certainty as to when the prophet was born. According to Peters (44), Muslims acknowledge Muhammad as a messenger of Islam and a descendant of Adam. It is believed that Muhammad’s mother, Amina, who was the daughter of Wahb, affirmed that God spoke to her often claiming that she was pregnant with the lord of his people. It is unfortunate that Abdallah, Mohammad’s father died while the mother was pregnant. The birth of the Messenger was celebrated on a Monday 12th of the First Rabi’ in the year of Elephant. The year of the Elephant among the Arabs denoted the campaign of Abraham. Their history believed that Abraha had been sent to destroy Kabah, who lived in Makkah, which was a flourishing trade and religious center.
After the birth of Muhammad, the mother informed his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib the news of the birth and detailed further about the information she had received from the lord while pregnant with the newborn. On receiving the news as postulated by Peters (45), the grandfather decided to take Muhammad before Hubal, who was an idol, living in Ka'ba. The grandfather prayed to God as he gave thanks for the new gift a son received before delivering him to the mother. Later the prophet underwent a purification process, which involved weighing whether he was fit for the new role that the society anticipated from him in accordance with the message given by the mother. Confidently, the different human agents involved in the purification confirmed the newborn’s ability to deliver accordingly. During the purification and weighing as narrated by the Prophet, the weighing team needed to clean Mohammad’s belly with ice. In addition, they extracted the prophet’s heart, split it, and cleaned it as well in preparation for the weighing. The tens of the people who came to compare their weight against that of the Prophet were not able to outweigh him. The ability to outweigh the many tens of thousands of people who came confirmed the messenger as the choice of God (Peters 44).
The coming of Prophet Mohammad as the prophet of Islam was predicted as affirmed by different scriptures. The death of his mother, while he was six, did not deter him from pursuing his role as justified during the purification. The coming of Prophet Muhammad is confirmed in different religious groups including the Bible and the Quran (Peters 47). In the testimony of Isaiah popular in the fifth book of the Bible, one can learn about the coming of Muhammad. Additionally, his arrival was also argued about Jesus, widely believed by the Christian community as their messenger. According to the Muslim’s Jesus announced the coming of Muhammad when he stated that a future prophet Ahmad will come after him (Peters 47).
The marriage life
Prophet Muhammad was a man full of wisdom, age, and grace. He grew up in the ways of God who protected and kept him always. According to Peters (49), the prophet grew to be the best neighbor, who was kind, truthful, reliable, and a hater of filthiness and corrupt morals. He advocated for loftiness and nobility to transform the life of each. As expected, the virtuous characters helped him win the heart of Khadija, identified, as Muhammad’s wife until his death (Peters 44). The wife was a merchant woman of dignity and wealth who admired the prophet and even paid him more compared to the others. Later, Khadija proposed to the messenger who accepted the proposal and set forth until they came to Syria. The two were married and gave birth to daughters who embraced Islam.
Muhammad’s revelation and teachings
The prophethood of the messenger was confirmed by the different visions he held. The first sign as provided by Peters (50) is evidenced by the vouchsafed to the Apostle’s true visions, resembling the brightness of daybreak, which was shown to him during his deep sleep. Prophet Muhammad was a man of action. He prayed in seclusion and gave food to the less fortunate during the month of the Apostle. Further, as a friend of Angel Gabriel, the Prophet called for all to honor and obey the angel as he is the one who brought the good news and guidance from God, therefore, could not be assumed primarily by the believers. Muhammad believed in the message from God and never gave up on it regardless of the different critics who often mistreated him and opposed it. As such, he can be argued to have been a strong and resolute messenger who proved himself worthy to the people and his God. Nonetheless, Khadija served the prophet appropriately, as she supported him appropriately through the difficult times that often made the prophet doubtful and hesitant even during the persecution and migration to Abyssinia.
The death of Muhammad
Muhammad despite being a prophet faced a challenging life. As he spread the religion and converted different people to Islam including Ali, he encountered different challenges that stood as a blow in the calling. One of the greatest blows was the death of Khadija, who stood as his strength at times when he felt like giving up as earlier highlighted. Additionally, the death of his chief protector, Abu Talib, also became a challenge later (Peters 67). The two blows saw the prophet opposed by close allies including the family members and few lower-class people who initially had begun to believe him. Despite the challenges encountered in the process of spreading the religion, the prophet continued to preach peace and forgiveness as prerequisites to a happy and satisfying life (Peters 95). The death of Prophet Muhammad saw Abu Bakr Siddiq appointed as the predecessor. He was to lead the believers in the ways taught by the Prophet (Peters 97). Prophet Muhammad died on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awal, in the 11th year of Islam, which is June 8th 632 A.D.
Work Cited
Peters, Francis E. A reader on classical Islam. Princeton University Press, 1993.
