The great Prophet of Islam (PBUH&HP) was born in the area of Hijaz in Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula. His birth was during the era of “Ignorance” (Jaheliah).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The era of Ignorance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The era of Ignorance is the time from\n200 years before the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) to the beginning\nof his prophethood. Jaheliah (Ignorance) means to commit an offence or do bad\ndeeds that are the result of ignorance. The nomadic Arabs did not believe in\nany religion. The Arabs who resided in cities worshipped idols made of rock,\nwood and dates. It is even possible that in case of poverty they ground these\ndates and ate their idols! They used to kill their daughters; this was a common\nhabit among them. The war and disgust between different tribes was commonplace.\nThey believed that spirits and superstitions influenced their lives, but the\nProphet (PBUH&HP) eradicated idol worshipping and called their vanity and\nbigotry “Ignorance”. He confined their indefinite freedom by\ndeveloping moralities and chastity. He made them a united nation whereas before\nthey were constantly quarrelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quraish tribe and ancestors of the\nProphet (PBUH&HP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tribe that the Prophet\n(PBUH&HP) came from was named “Quraish”. This tribe was one of\nthe most influential tribes that governed Muslims centuries after Islam. The\nfame of Quraish is because of Ghasa ibn Klab, the great great great grandfather\nof the Prophet (PBUH&HP). Abde Manaf, the son of Ghasa, the geat great\ngrandfather of the Prophet (PBUH&HP), was a noble and good-tempered person.\nHashim, the great grandfather of the Prophet (PBUH&HP), was one of the\nbrilliant faces of the Quraish. His son was Abd al-Mutallib, the grandfather of\nthe Prophet (PBUH&HP). He was the most famous and wisest man among the\nArabs. He dug Zamzam (the well in Masjid\nal-Haram) and was responsible for giving water to pilgrims and receiving them.\nIsma’il\/Ishmael (PBUH) is also a distant ancestor of the Prophet (PBUH&HP).\nIn fact all his grandfathers worshipped Allah (SWT). Abdullah, the Prophet’s\n(PBUH&HP) father was the youngest son of Abd al-Mutallib. He was famous for\nbeing handsome and chaste. He married Amena, the daughter of Wahab, who was\nfamous for her modesty and chastity. Abdullah had a trip to Shaam for trading.\nOn the return trip from Shaam, Abdullah became sick and passed away in Medina\nwhen he was only 25. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) was born on the 17th of\nRabi’ al-Awwal of Aam al-Fil (580 A.D.) in Mecca. Aam al-Fil (The Year of the\nElephant) is the year in which the king of Abyssinia (Negus) commanded Abrahe\nwith his army to attack the Kaaba and destroy it. However, he was not\nsuccessful because a huge number of birds, carrying stones with their feet and\nbeaks, came over the army and dropped the stones and killed them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is narrated that on the day which\nProphet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) was born, the following incidents happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- All the idols\nfell down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- The\n“Kasra Veranda” (a part of the palace of Iran’s King) shook and\nfourteen of its notches were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- The\n“Saweh Lake\u201d that people worshiped for years, dried up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4- Water flowed\nin “Samaweh Desert\u201d, where no one had seen water for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5- The\nfire-temple of “Fars” was extinguished after several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6- On that\nnight, a light came out from “Hijaz” and spread to the east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the narrations from\nAmena, during her pregnancy period she did not feel that she was pregnant like\nother pregnant women. It is said that when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) was\nborn, he first looked at the sky and then prayed to Allah (SWT). He was neat\nand clean and no blood or other things came out from his mother’s womb. Amena\nsays that at the birth time, someone told her that she had given birth to the\nbest human and that she should name him “Muhammad”. When Abd\nal-Mutallib was informed of this happening, he slaughtered a sheep, invited the\nheads of the Quraish tribe, and named the child Muhammad (meaning praised) on\nthat party. Other parts of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH&HP) life will be\ndiscussed later on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The great Prophet of Islam (PBUH&HP) was born in the area of Hijaz in Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula. His birth was during the era of “Ignorance” (Jaheliah). The era of Ignorance The era of Ignorance is the time from 200 years before the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH&HP) to the beginning of his prophethood. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28246,28268],"tags":[17742,17741,17745,17744,17743],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beliefs","category-prophethood","tag-abdullah","tag-amena","tag-beliefs","tag-prophethood","tag-the-birth-of-prophet-muhammad"],"yoast_head":"\n