By Hind Touissate
Morocco World News
Kenitra, Jan 24, 2013
Today, the world is going through war time, many terrorist
activities are targeting innocent people in different parts of the world and in
most of these activities Muslims are caught up as suicide bombers or terrorists
in short. My aim behind writing this post is to just give the most accurate and
original information regarding our most beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him).
Here
are 30 facts about the prophet Muhammad -PBUH-:
1. He was a descendant
of the Prophet Ismail the son of Prophet Ibrahim. -PBUT-
2. Prophet Muhammad PBUH
was born in Mecca.
3. The year was 570
A.D.
4. Shortly after his birth his
mother died.
5. His father was already
dead before his birth. So he became orphan.
6. During this time his uncle
Aboo Talib and his grand father Abdul-mutlib took
care of him.
7. At the age of nine he
started going on trade trips along with his uncle.
8. He met
with people of different nations and religions during
those trips.
9. His character was respected
by all. People throughout Medina including the Jews gave him
the name of “The Trustworthy.”
10. In one of his trip he
met a Christian scholar, the scholar said to his uncle that he
will one day do something great and I can see it because all the trees,
mountains and sea are in the bow in front of him.
11. When he got 25, he
got a proposal from Khadija for marriage which he accepted
and thus they got married. Khadija was 40 years of age at the time of marriage.
12. For the first 54 years
of his life he had only one wife. His only wife till 50th year
of his life was Sayyida Khadija.
13. They had sons but
they died in their childhood.
14. Prophet Muhammed married
Sayyida Aicha when she was 9 years old. 1400
years ago it was something very common to marry young girls, in fact they were
not considered young girls, and rather they were considered young women back
then. It is a historic fact that girls from the ages of 9 to 14 were being
married in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in fact even in the United States girls at
the age of 10 were also being married just more than a century ago. Yet with
these facts no historian claims that all these people were sick perverts,
historians would call anyone who made such a claim to be arrogant and very
stupid who has no grasp or understanding of history.
15. He never ate alone. He invited
others and then ate with them.
16. He encouraged
the washing of hands before and after eating food.
17. He regularly visited
the poor and ill.
18. Upon visiting a person,
he used to greet them and then take their permission
before entering the house and encourage others to do the same as a mark
of respect.
19. He used to mend his
clothes, repair his shoes and sweep the floor as well as do
the household shopping during his married life.
20. As people of Mecca at
that time were involved in many sinful activities, like they killed their
daughters, did drinking, rape, and killing of innocent people, Prophet Muhammad
did not admired those activities at all and to have solitude and peace he went
to cave Hira.
21. Once when he was in the
cave Hira he saw Angel Gabriel there. The angel said to him
« read in the name of Allah », Prophet Muhammad replied that I can
neither read nor write I am an illiterate.
22. After Angel Gabriel
came again with revelations, he started preaching Islam to people.
23. He used to preach to
people, but avoided preaching to excess to avoid annoying people.
24. He sometimes prayed so
much his legs swelled. In one incident, he was asked why he offered such an
unbearable prayer and he replied with “Shall I not be a thankful
slave (to Allah)?”
25. He sent
letters to Kings and leaders beyond Arabia inviting them
to Islam.
26. Pagans and Non-Muslims
did harm to Prophet Muhammad PBUH and other Muslims by different means but
Prophet Muhammad had patience and perseverance.
27. His Prophethood lasted
for a long period of 23 years, during which he received
Revelations from Allah.
28. He never
proclaimed himself as anyone or anything Divine.
29. His name is now one of
the most popular names in the world.
30. After 23 years of
Prophet-hood Muhammad (p.b.u.h) died and after his death Islam spread to other
places too because of the efforts of his Caliphs. The revelations of Allah on
Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) were compiled in Quran after
his death.
Hind Touissat is a 22-year old Moroccan from the city of Kenitra. She
is majoring in Marketing from the National School of Trade and Management. She
started blogging in 2011 and was voted “Best Female Blogger in Morocco” at the
Maroc Web Awards 6 months after starting her Blog entitled “According to Hind.”
She is a member of Morocco World News editorial board.
