RUNNING HEAD Cave Hira and Prophet Mohammed

Cave Hira and Prophet Mohammed

Cave Hira and Prophet Mohammed

Introduction

Prophet Mohammed, who was an orphan since a very young age, is known to be one of those personalities of the world which is loved the most. It is obvious that there are people who dislike him as well, but for the Muslim community, there is nothing but the intensity of love for the prophet. Prophet Muhammad is the perfect guideline to be followed as a human for the Muslims. For Muslims it is obligatory to follow the verdict of Quran and Sunnah both, until and unless a person devoted himself to Allah and accepts that Mohammed is his prophet, he or she is not a Muslim till then.

Main Body

There has always been a question as if Islam is only the religion for the Arabs or if the religion Islam is an Arab religion. This is certainly not right. It is a fact that Allah chose the Arab land to be the one to be blessed with the birth of Muhammad and the revelation of Quran on it, but it does not mean at all that the religion is Arab or it was only revealed for the Arabs. Religion Islam is a religion that is free from errors and is a complete code of life, and this religion is meant to direct every era of mankind (Andrew 2005). The perfect book (Quran) is a book that takes into account every factor of life and discusses the events that have happened in the past and the events that will happen in the future. The eternal condition to become a Muslim is to accept the eternity and oneness of Allah and if Allah wants its followers to believe in his religion, why would he reveal it for a specific sect of people only. People today are living the life of ignorance and are not at all following the guidelines of Islam (Armstrong, 1992). Prophet Muhammad who was the highest ranked in character has stressed on the examples he has left with the Muslims. He preached Islam with his character and personality and not by force or oppression. People who became Muslims, were the ones influenced by the character of the prophet. Even before he was made the prophet, in his local town, Muhammad was considered to the best on trust and worthiness and people used to keep their belongings with him as a safe place. It was before the birth of the prophet Muhammad in Saudi Arabia, Saudi's were people who were illiterate and were living a life of ignorance (Armstrong, 1992). People of Saudi were living the age of darkness where there were no rules no justice. The powerful could implement his own rules and exploit the poor. The fathers would bury their daughters alive to maintain their reputation amongst the other people. The daughters in that era were considered to be a punishment for the family and more of a ...