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Muhammad - Paper

Muhammad


was born about AD 570 in the city of Mecca, an important
trading center in western Arabia. He was a member of the Hashim clan of the
powerful Quraysh tribe. Because 's father, Abd Allah, died before he was
born and his mother, Amina, when he was 6 years old, he was placed in the care
of his grandfather and, after 578, of his uncle Abu Talib, who succeeded as head
of the Hashim clan. At the age of about 25, Muhammad entered the employ of a
rich widow, Khadijah, in her commercial enterprise. They were married soon after.
Two sons, both of whom died young, and four daughters were born. One of the
daughters, Fatima, acquired special prominence in later Islamic history because
of her marriage ...

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and to remind them of God's goodness.
The Meccans responded with hostility to Muhammad's monotheism and
iconoclasm. As long as Abu Talib was alive Muhammad was protected by the Hashim,
even though that clan was the object of a boycott by other Quraysh after 616.
About 619, however, Abu Talib died, and the new clan leader was unwilling to
continue the protective arrangement. At about the same time Muhammad lost
another staunch supporter, his wife Khadijah. In the face of persecution and
curtailed freedom to preach, Muhammad and about 70 followers reached the
decision to sever their ties of blood kinship in Mecca and to move to Medina, a
city about 400 km (250 mi) to the north. This move, called the hegira, or hijra,
took place in 622, the first year of the Muslim calendar.
In Medina an organized Muslim community gradually came into existence
under Muhammad's leadership. Attacks on caravans from Mecca led to war with the
Meccans. Muhammad's followers obtained victory at Badr but ...

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Added: 5/6/2008 09:33:01 AM
Category: Biographies
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