Biographical Sketch
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Saudi Arabia prior to Islam
- The terrain was sandy and dusty with deserts everywhere
- This led to the coming together of different trade caravans
- Camels were used for transport of goods and ideas.
EARLY LIFE
- Muhammad was born to a relatively well known family. Unfortunately, his parents died when he was very young. His grandfather also died.
- He was sent to a Beduin family to live with his uncle, Abu Talib.
- He was orphaned and returned to the city of Mecca.
- He married Kadija, a successful business woman, who proposed to him
Enlightenment
- Muhammad was known to be truth telling and kind.
- He usually went up to the mountains to meditate.
- One day as he was in a cave alone, he heard a voice speak to him.
- "Read" it commanded. It was Angel Gabriel who embraced him to give him the ability to read.
- Muhammad was deeply shaken.
TEACHINGS
- The message he received from god was that there was only one God, and that Muhammad was his messenger.
- He also believed that everyone was equal.
- His teachings angered the aristocrats of Mecca, who worshipped many gods.
ISLAM
- Muhammad began to gather followers of Islam.
- Muslims were persecuted and forced out of Mecca.
- They returned to their hometown in a tradition that was known as the Hajj.
- They strive to live a moral life.
LEGACY
- Today Islam has 1.6 billion, the second largest in the world.
- Muslims are abundant in the middle eastern areas and around the world.
- Mecca is now the holy city for Islam.
- The muslim brotherhood follows their practices of living a moral life without eating pork and drinking.
The End
Biographical Sketch Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)