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Muhammad Pbuh Before Prophethood Research Paper

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AJMAN UNIVERSITY OF SCINCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Life Of Muhammad Pbuh Before Prophethood

ISLAMIC CULTURE FOR NON ARABS

Neda Rafiee 201010609

01-Nov-14

The life of Muhammad pbuh from the day of his birth through his early years as a child, as a teen and as an adult, and the closest people around him, to the moment of prophethood at the age of 40 years old.

On a Monday morning 12th of Rabi' al-awwal of elephant year (twenty-second of April 571 AD), a women called amina bint al wahb gave birth to a baby boy, she immediately sent someone to her father in law Abd al-Muttalib about this happy event, he happily went her and carried him to kabba praying and thanking god for this healthy son, whom they didn’t know was the prophet Muhammad …show more content…

He was blind old man. Khadijah tells him of the incident that happened in the cave that’s when he says: this is Namus (the angel) that Allah sent to Moses. I wish I were younger. I wish I could live up to the time when your people would turn you out" Muhammad says "will they drive me out"waraqa answers "anyone who came with something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should be alive till that day, then I would support you strongly" a few days later Waraqa passed …show more content…

he can't stand looking at either of them. he will never tell anyone of Quraish of his Revelation. he thought of climbing a mountain and throw himself down and die. That does should relieve him, he went to do that but halfway up the mountain, and then he heard a voice form the sky saying 'O Muhammad! You are the messenger of Allah and I am Gabriel.' he looked up and saw Gabriel in the form of a human being putting his legs on the horizon. He said: ' O Muhammad you are the messenger of Allah and I am Gabriel. 'he stopped and looked at him. His sight distracted his attention from what he had intended to do. he stood in his place without a movement. he tried to shift my eyes away from him but he was in every direction he looked at. he stopped in my place without any movement until khadijah sent someone to look for him. He went down to Mecca and came back while muhammod was standing in the same place. Gabriel then left, and muhammad went back home. he found khadijah at home, so he sat very close to her. She asked: 'father of Al-Qasim! Where have you been? I sent someone to look for you. He went to Mecca and returned to me' muhammd told her of what he have seen. She replied: ' it is a propitious sign, O my husband. Pull yourself together; I swear by Allah that you are a messenger for this nation.' Then she stood up and went to Waraqa and informed him.

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