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Life of MuhammadsaMuhammadsa

BY

HADRAT MIRZA BASHIRUDDIN MAHMUD AHMAD

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Life of Muhammadsa

The Prophetsa was born in Mecca in August 570 A.D.

He was given the name Muhammadsa which means, the Praised One

To understand his life and character we must have some idea of the conditions which obtained in Arabia at

the time of his birth

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Arabia at the time of birth of the Holy Prophetsa

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Belief

When he was born almost the whole of Arabia believed in a polytheistic form of

religion. religion.

The people of Mecca, therefore, had made idols of holy and righteous persons, and these they worshipped and to these they made offerings in order to please God

through them

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Belief

At the time of the Prophet'ssa

birth, it is said that in the Ka‘ba alone, the Sacred

Mosque of all Islam and the house of worship built by Abrahamas and his son

Ishmael, there were 360 idols

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Knowledge

The Arabs were devoted to the culture of speech

Of History, Geography,

Mathematics, etc., they knew nothing

as they were a desert people … they had developed a keen interest in culture of speech

Mathematics, etc., they knew nothing

keen interest in Astronomy

..in Mecca only a few individuals could read and write

There was in the whole of Arabia not a

single school

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Morality

They were given to excessive drinking

A drinking party at least five times a day

Gambling was their national sport

Dacoity was common

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Lifestyle

Their chief occupation was trade. Their chief occupation was trade.

• The trading centres were the towns

• The rest of Arabia, .. was Bedouin

• There were no permanent settlements

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Lifestyle

Their capital consisted of sheep, goats and camels

Gold and silver were only very rare possessions

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QualitiesThey honoured their word more

than any other people

Poets commanded great prestigePoets commanded great prestige

Hospitality had developed into a national virtue

Individual bravery,.. sometimes reached a very high level

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Status of woman

Woman in this Arab society had no status and no rights ..there was no ban on

a son's marrying his step-mother on the death of his father

Different methods were used for killing baby girls, among them burying alive and

strangulation

..it was thought honourable to put baby girls to death

death of his father

Polygamous marriages were very common, and there was no limit to the number of wives a man could take

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War practices

The worst treatment was

..they did not hesitate to split

Cutting off the nose or ears, or treatment was

meted out by combatant sides to one another

in war

hesitate to split the bodies of the wounded, take out parts and eat them in cannibal fashion

nose or ears, or plucking out an eye was a

common form of cruelty

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Slavery

Slavery was widespreadSlavery was widespread

• Weak tribes were made slaves

• The slave had no accepted status

• Women-slaves were

• used to satisfy sexual desires

• A master could murder his slave without having to answer for it

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It was among such people that the HolyProphetsa of Islam was born