We have explored numerous aspects of Islam and the videos have been seen by millions of people from different parts of the world and
This is the first episode. However, that will be exploring the Prophet of Islam
Muhammad peace be upon him
We're gonna take a look at who he was and why he's so highly revered as a prophet of islam
Hey everybody. My name is Leroy Kenton, and you're watching FTD facts
This is where we educate the world about the world and just so you know
We won't be showing any images of the Prophet Muhammad
I know that's offensive to a lot of Muslim viewers. So we don't want to segregate anybody from watching this episode
Now the first thing I want to start off with is who was the Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad is the central prophet and final prophet of islam born in mecca in 570
most of his early life was spent as a merchant and at the age of 40
that's when he began to have the revelations from allah that became the basis for the quran and the
foundation of islam by 6:30
he had unified most of arabia under a single religion and
Muhammad had huge influence in the world and we have evidence of this because at the time of filming this
Episode there are over one point eight billion Muslims worldwide
Muhammad's father passed away before he was even born and he was raised first by his grandfather
And then by his uncle so he belonged to a poor yet
respectable family of the Koresh tribe and his family was very active in the
Politics and trade of Mecca throughout his early teens Muhammad worked in a camel caravan
he gained a lot of experience when it came to commercial trade as he traveled from Syria and
Eventually from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean and Muhammad developed a really good reputation. I mean he got the new nickname
al-amin which means faithful or trustworthy and then later on in his early 20s Muhammad began to work for a very
rich merchant woman whose name was Khadija, and she by the way was 15 years older than he was so she became
Attracted to Mohammed and eventually proposed to him and he accepted they got married and had several children throughout their marriage
Mohammed was with her for 25 years and after her death in
619 seee over time. He married a number of women 13 wives in total to be exact
Most of them were widows and the reason for these marriages was to provide for them and to create strong family
bonds during the time of
Mohammed many of the tribes living in the Arabian Peninsula
were nomadic most of the tribes were
polytheistic which meant that they worshiped several gods and each of them had their
Different gods and the town of Mecca was a very important one
it was like the central focal point for religion and
Trading matters and the most famous site in Mecca was the Kaaba and it's believed to have been built by the Prophet Abraham
and his son Ishmael
Muhammad of course was also a very religious man and on one of his pilgrimage back in the year 1610
he was meditating at a cave on Mount Jabal al noor and the angel gabriel appeared to him and shared a message from god and
it was recite in the name of your lord who creates creates man from clot recite for your lord is most
Generous and so on and these words became the opening verses of surah chapter
96 of the quran soon after you start to share this experience with others
Muhammad began to gather a small following and when his message began to condemn idol worship and pointed to one God
Many of mecca's leaders began to see Muhammad and his message as a complete threat
resistance over time to Muhammad and his followers continued to grow and they were eventually forced to emigrate from Mecca all the way to
Medina in 622
This marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar that particular event and it was there that the Prophet Muhammad was very instrumental
in bringing to an end a civil war that was raging between
several of the tribes and as Muhammad settled in Medina
He started building his Muslim community and gradually gathered acceptance and more followers
But you the years 16
24 and 16 28 the Muslims were involved in a series of battles in the final major battle known as the Battle of the trench
and siege of Medina
Muhammad and his followers won and a treaty was signed
However, this treaty was broken by the people of Mecca a year later, but by that time either way Muhammad had plenty of
forces and the power balance shifted towards him rather than in favor of the leaders of
Mecca in the year 630 the Muslim armies marched into Mecca and took the city
Most of the Meccan population then converted to Islam as they began to accept Muhammad's message
Muhammad and his followers and proceeded to destroy all of the statues and pagan gods in and around the Kaaba
So that was your brief inside look at the life of the Prophet Muhammad
And now there's so much more that we can explore
So let me know down below in the comment section if you would like us to
continue this episode series
I mean there's a lot more to cover about the life of the Prophet Muhammad as well as the early Muslim history
Thank you so much for coming to another episode of FTD facts and learning with me
My name is Leroy Kenton, and I'll see you real soon in another episode
Hey everyone
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