Prophet Flashcards
Describe the prophets early life
Prophet mohammed’s father passed away before he was born and his mother when he was 6
Mohammed was a shepard when he was young, then became a trader. He is known for being honest
A rich bussiness woman called Khadijah married him
The night of power
Angel Jibril communicates Allahs command to “read” three times
The first Surahs verses were revealed of the Qur’an
Muslims regard this the most important event in history
Mohammed was confused on what happened. His wife believed he was hearing an angel and had to become a prophet
Happened in the cave of Hira
The night journey
The angel Jibril takes the Prophet from the Kaaba to Jerusalem on a winged horse (al-buraq)
Muhammed lead other prophets in prayer
Muhammed os taken through the seven levels of heaven to meet Allah
Allah gives the ummah the gift of compulsory prayer negotiating from 50 prayers to 5
The Hijrah
Some polytheits in Mecca wanted to kill Prophet Mohammed. His new religions was a threat to their way of life and many of them made money from idol worshipping festivals in Mecca
Muhammed was invited to Yathrib by the tribes that lived there to be his leader
Muhammed escapes and Mecca in the dead of night with Abu Bakr
Muhammed hid in a cave from the Meccans who tried to kill him
Allah saves the prophet when he commands a spider to spin a web at the cave enterance and a bird to bild a nest to make it look abondened
The Ummah
Mohammed becomes the political leader,military leader and judge of Yathrib. Yathrib is renamed Madina which means ‘The City’
Mohammed wrote The ConstiTion of Medina givivg rights and responsibilities to muslim and non-muslim
Built the first mosque
Taught the regular prayer times
Organised the collection of money for the poor and regular fasting
What did Muhmmed not like in his early life
The culture or religion in Mecca ehre he lives. Idol worshiping gambling having many wives, drinking alcohol and tribal violence
So he goes to the mountains and worships Allah in a cave
What did prophet Muhammed destroy
He led 10000 soldiers to capture Mecca for the Ummah in about 630
Mohammed go around the Kaaba 7 times on a horse and enters the kaaba in Mecca, destroys the idols and restores it as a place of worship of the one God
the ummah
brotherhood
refers to the worldwide community of muslims living togather who share a common religious identity
Why is prophet mohammed important to Muslims?
He is the final messanger, and revealed the complete message from Allah in the Quran
He was the perfect role model for Muslims to imitate , he was sinless, we can read the sunna and hadith to copy what he did
He was the founder of Islam and led it to become a powerful empire
