The Prophet Muhammed

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The Prophet Muhammed

• (PBUH)
• And the rise of
• Islam

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Early Years

• Muhammad was born is Mecca in Saudi Arabia in
  the year 569 CE
• His father died before he was born and his
  mother when he was only six years old.
• He lived with his grandfather until he died then
  was under the care of his uncle.
• His uncle was a trader and Muhammad followed in
  his footsteps.

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Arabia

• Arabia in the 6th century..and today
• Mecca

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Early years

• When he was about 25 years old he worked for a
  wealthy widow named Khadijah. Khadijah was so
  impressed by the honest and attractive
  personality of Muhammad that she offered to marry
  him. This marriage was a happy one. They had
  children. Khadijah was his only wife until she
  died at the age of 51.

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Revelations from Allah

• At the age of 40 he had a visitation from the
  Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) who gave him messages
  from God.
• He told these messages to the people of Makkah
  and some believed him and began to follow the
  teachings of God as revealed to Muhammad.

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Fleeing to Medina

• He and his followers were forced to leave Makkah
  and travel to Medina where they founded the
  first Muslim community in the year 622.
• The Muslim calendar dates from this journey
  known as the Hijrah.
• After a few years Muhammad returned to Makkah
  with an army of supporters and re-entered the
  city.

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Quran

• Muhammad continued receiving messages from God
  throughout the later part of his life. He
  memorised these messages and passed them on to
  his followers.
• After his death they were collected and written
  down in the Quran (Koran). The sayings and deeds
  of Muhammad were recorded in the Hadith.
• These two books are the source of guidance for
  all Muslims.

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The Spread of Islam

• Within the Prophets lifetime Islam covered most
  of the Arabian peninsular. In the following 100
  years Muslims conquered the Persian Empire and
  much of the Byzantine Empire to rule from North
  Africa and Spain to the borders of China. Many of
  the conquered peoples converted to Islam
  although in some cases this took several
  centuries.
• Now there are more than 50 independent Muslim
  countries and there is a worldwide population of
  around 1300 million Muslims.

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Muslim beliefs

• Muslims believe there is only one God Allah.
  Muhammad is not a god and is not worshipped.
  Allah has sent a number of important prophets to
  teach us about himself. These included Abraham
  (Ibrahim) Moses David and Jesus (Isa). Muhammad
  is the last and greatest of the Prophets.

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The Five PillarsFaith - Shahada

• This is the main religious belief of all Muslim
  people and it is a declaration of their faith.
  The English words areThere is no God but
  Allah Muhammad is the messenger of Allah

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The Five PillarsPrayer - Salat

• Muslims are expected to pray five times a day
• They are called to prayer by a m who calls God
  is great come to prayer
• Muslims wash (wudu) very carefully in order to be
  pure before God.
• They then pray together
• in communal prayer.

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The Five PillarsMoney Zakat

• Each Muslim gives up a share of his wealth each
  year to provide for those less fortunate. The
  word zakat means to purify or cleanse.
• As the person gives up a share of his or her
  wealth they become cleansed from selfishness and
  greed. This money might be to provide education
  keep up or build mosques or help the needy.

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The Five PillarsFasting - Sawm

• Ramadam is in the ninth month of the Islam
  calendar. It is special because it is when
  Muhammad (Pbuh) began receiving the messages from
  God.
• For thirty days Muslims fast they do not eat or
  drink during daylight hours. It starts when the
  new moon is seen at the start of the month and
  ends when the new moon is seen again at the end
  of the month.

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The Five PillarsPilgrimage - Hajj

• All Muslims have a duty to try to make a
  pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Makkah at least once
  during their lifetime

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The Mosque

• All Muslims are expected to go to the mosque to
  worship although women are allowed to worship at
  home. Men and women sit in different places in
  the mosque so they can focus on Allah and not on
  each other!

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Images of Islam