As we are going to talk about the most influential personality of all time, he is non other than Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W). Not only Muslims consider Him as most influential personality but across the globe people accept that. He deserves this status because of several reason like His hospitality, rules, nature, kind heart, kind actions towards His followers and enemies too etc. He was completely successful in religious and secular levels. He is the most successful leader with great achievements. He is the chosen one by Allah and he is the last messenger of Allah, He is also leader of prophets so this also show how great and influential personality He is. His influence is so immense that after more than fourteen hundred years people are following His footsteps and religion which was reveled on Him and He preach that religion in such a way that His followers increased immensely than and now too. He is the reason to bring humanity back in to this world. Society was literally in worst condition before arrival of Holy Prophet (S.A.W). Holy Prophet (S.A.W) is the last messenger of Allah and religion was spread by him by guidance of Allah. He started his career as merchant. At the age of 40 Allah sent first revelation to him.
Childhood:
Holy prophet was born around 570 AD in Makkah. His father name was Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib and His mother name was bibi Amina bint Wahab. His father died before he was born. He belonged to a respectable family of the Quraysh tribe. The family was active in politics and trade. He was sent to live with a Bedouin family in village , to become healthier and learn multiple skills. He stayed with his foster mother, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb until he was two years old. When He was six years old He lost his mother, Amina, to illness and was raised by his paternal grandfather, Abdul-Muttalib, until he died when He was eight. Then His uncle Abu Talib take care of Him.
Adulthood:
Muhammad (P.B.U.H) accompanied his uncle on trading journeys to Syria, for experience in trade. Muhammad (P..B.U.H) was either nine or twelve, when he was traveling with caravan to Syria he met a Christian monk named Bahira, who is said to have foreseen Muhammed’s career as a prophet of God. It is known that he became a merchant and “was involved in trade between the Indian ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.” Due to his upright character during this time, he acquired the nickname “al-Amin,” meaning “faithful, trustworthy,” and “al-Sadiq,” meaning “truthful.”
Wives:
He was a merchant and Hazrat Khadija heard good things about him so she offered to work for her and he agreed to do so. He went for his project as merchant and return with good profit along with that hazrat Khadija’s servant who went with Holy prophet on business trip tell good things about his nature that how truthful and trustworthy he is. She was quite impressed and send marriage proposal to Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) when he was just 25 years. After discussing with his uncle, he accepted the proposal and they got happily married. Their marriage lasted for almost 25 years. Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) loved her soo much that he never thought about another women.
Holy prophet had 7 children and six of them were from Hazrat Khadija:
- Qasim ibn Muhammad, (AD 598 – 601)
- Zainab bint Muhammad, (AD 599 – 629)
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, (AD 601 – 624)
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, (AD 603 – 630)
- Fatimah bint Muhammad, ( AD 605 – 632)
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad, (AD 611 – 615)
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, (AD 630-632)
| Khadija bint Khuwaylid 595–619 Sawda bint Zamʿa 619–632 Aisha bint Abi Bakr 623–632 Hafsa bint Umar 624–632 Zaynab bint Khuzayma 625–627 Hind bint Abi Umayya 625–632 Zaynab bint Jahsh 627–632 Juwayriyya bint al-Harith 628–632 Ramla bint Abi Sufyan 628–632 Rayhana bint Zayd 629–631 Safiyya bint Huyayy 629–632 Maymunah bint al-Harith 630–632 Maria al-Qibtiyya 630–632 |
First Revelation:
Holy prophet was meditating in the cave of Hira, the Angel Jibrael came to Him and commanded to read. This was repeated once more after which the angel recited the following verses of Surah Alaq. “Read in the name of your Lord who created. Created man from a clot of blood. Read your Lord is most generous / bountiful. He who taught man with the pen. Taught man what he did not know.” These verses were printed on prophets heart and mind.
Prophet (P.B.U.H) came out of the cave. He saw the angel filling the horizon and then he heard a voice. “O Muhammad You are the messenger of Allah and I am Jibrael”
The prophet (P.B.U.H) ran to his house and asked Hazrat Khadija to cover him up in a blanket.
He then narrated the entire incident to her.
On hearing the entire incident Hazrat Khadija comforted him by saying
“You have never done any wrong to anyone. You are kind to others and help the poor Allah will not let you down.”
Hazrat Khadija then later took him to her cousin Warqah Bin Naufil. Warqah confirmed the prophet hood of the prophet and said that he had been visited by the same angel who had visited other prophets. He also forewarned that the prophet will be expelled from his own city by his own people.
First people to accept Islam were:
- His wife – khadija (first person also first woman to accept Islam)
- His cousin – Ali (youngest person as he accepted Islam at the age of 10.)
- His friend – Abu Bakr (first free male to accept Islam)
- His slave – Zayd Bin Haritha (first slave to accept Islam)
Announcement of Prophet hood:
Holy prophet (P.B.U.H) gather all citizens near hill of safa and ask if I tell you that enemies are on the opposite side of hill to attack on us, will you believe me. Every one considers him as truthful and trustworthy so they said we will believe you. Then he announced about his prophet-hood with the command of Allah before that he used to preach in private manner to his close relatives. Most of them ignore his message and start making jokes and abuse him.
Event of Taif:
After getting rejected he plan to go taif to preach Islam but they also show very bad attitude towards him and abuse him. Leaders of taif sent young boys after prophet p.b.u.h to attack and make him injured. He was so injured that and in pain that angels appeared and ask prophet if you tell us we will crush all people of taif between mountains but in response Holy prophet make a dua for them that hope that soon their children will be follower of Islam. Which shows his mercy and kindness towards which is key factor which bring people towards Islam and prove we can see from these charts of today’s world.
Size of Major Religious Groups, 2010:
| Religion | Percentage of total population |
| Christianity | 31.5% |
| Islam | 23.2% |
| Unaffiliated | 16.3% |
| Hinduism | 15.0% |
| Buddhism | 7.1% |
| Folk Religions | 5.9% |
| Other Religions | 1.0% |
Growing period of Islam:
Muslims Emigrate to Medina:
In 622, Muhammad and his few hundred followers left Mecca and traveled to Yathrib, the oasis town where his father was buried. The leaders there were suffering through a vicious civil war, and they had invited this man well known for his wisdom to act as their mediator. Yathrib soon became known as Medina, the City of the Prophet. Muhammad remained here for the next six years, building the first Muslim community and gradually gathering more and more people to his side.
The Military Period:
The Meccans did not take Muhammad’s new success lightly. Early skirmishes led to three major battles in the next three years. Of these the Muslims won the first (the Battle of Badr, March, 624), lost the second (the Battle of Uhud, March, 625), and outlasted the third, (The Battle of the Trench and the Siege of Medina, April, 627). In March, 628, a treaty was signed between the two sides, which recognized the Muslims as a new force in Arabia and gave them freedom to move unmolested throughout Arabia. Meccan allies breached the treaty a year later.
The Conquest of Mecca:
By now, the balance of power had shifted radically away from once-powerful Mecca, toward Muhammad and the Muslims. In January, 630, they marched on Mecca and were joined by tribe after tribe along the way. They entered Mecca without bloodshed and the Meccans, seeing the tide had turned, joined them.
Muhammad’s Final Years:
Muhammad returned to live in Medina. In the next three years, he consolidated most of the Arabian Peninsula under Islam. In March, 632, he returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage, and tens of thousands of Muslims joined him. After the pilgrimage, he returned to Medina. Three months later on June 8, 632 he died there, after a brief illness. He is buried in Masjid e Nabvi in Medina. Within a hundred years Muhammad’s teaching and way of life had spread from the remote corners of Arabia as far east as Indo-China and as far west as Morocco, France and Spain.
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