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omargreg
02-06-2008, 08:03 PM
Muhammad was born in MECCA, ARABIA, on MONDAY, JANUARY 1 570 A.D.
ARABIA is a dried, arid and LIFELESS PLACE, except for the few oasis around, where WATER AND DATE PALMS can be found. The the NORTH of arabia, is the SYRIAN DESERT and to the EAST is IRAQ (PERSIA), to the SOUTH is the INDIAN OCEAN, and on the WEST is the RED SEA. According to the muhammadan lunar calendar, muhammad was born on the 12TH of RABIY'UL AWWAL, IN THE YAR OF THE ELEPHANT. His parents name was AMIYNA and ABDULLAT. Both of them were from the QURAYSH tribe, or BANIY QURAYSH.

The quraysh tribe, whose symbol was "THE FISH/REPTILIAN," and was the title of FIHR BIN MALIK. He was supposedly one of the mose powerful and respected men in all of northern arabia, and lived in the 3RD century of the CHRISTIAN ERA (208 A.D.). In the 5TH CENTRURY, a descendant of FIHR BIN MALIK by the name of QUSAYY BIN KALB became ruler of mecca, uniting all of the qurayshan tribes. These tribes stayed united as one, unitl the authority was passed from 'ABD SHAMS BIN 'ABD MANAAF to his younger brother, HAASHIM after the death of 'abd shams, his sone, UMAYYAH evied hasshim's position and initiated an open combat between the two men resulting with umayyah being banished from mecca for 10 years. This caused thet famous rivalry between the "HAASHIMITES " and the "UMAYYAHS." Haashim became as beloved a leader as his ancestor, FIHR BIN MALIK.

When haashim died an early death, his brother, MUTTALIB became leader of the quraysh. When muttalib found out that haashim had a son named SHAYBA, living in yathrib, he was nicknamed ABDUL MUTTALIB, for it was mistakened that he was muttalib's slave (slaver ywas very prominent back the nin arabia amongst all the ethnicities (moors, hindus, euro-arabs, and the various mixtures), and till active today.

At Muttalib's death, abdul muttalib became chief of banu haashim and in charge of various PAGANISTIC duties in the upkeep of the ka'aba. Again, the old enmity between the ummayads and haashimites resurfaced. When HARB, son of umayyah saw that abdul muttalib had been chosen as chief, he challanged the decision as his father had done before him.

But the decision of the judges went against harb, just as they did in the case of his father, UMAYYAH. This, no doubt, caused jealousy between BANU HAASHIM (haashimites) and BANU UMAYYAH (umayyads) which increased day by day.

As before, the haashimites surfaced as the victors. 'Abdul muttalib was well respected by the quraysh for his fairness and generosity. WHEN 'ABDULLAH became 25 years old, his father, 'abdul muttalib accompanied him to the house of WAHHAB, the chief of BANU ZUHRA, and the brother of the famous KOSAI, to claim his daughter, amiynah (530-576 A.D.) as his wife. Amiynah's mother was BARRA BINT; BINT means "DAUGHTER". Their union produced muhammad.

MUHAMMAD was given the name muhammad by his grandfather, abdul muttalib. The word muhammad comes from the ashuric/syriac arabic root word, HAMADA, meaning "TO GIVE PRAISE." Now again, this word was stolen from the arimic/hebrew root word, KHAMAD/CHAMAD, meaning "TO BE DELIGHTING; BEAUTY, GREATLY BELOVED, COVET, DELIGHTABLE THING, DELIGHT, DESIRE, GOODLY, LUST." Remember saudi arabia was occupied with different religions, who had different so-called semitic dialects as: the JEWS, PAGANS, HANIFS, SABIANS etc., who all influencedf muhammad greatly.

A woman named THUWAYBAH, a bondswoman of muhammad's uncle, ABU LAHAB suckled him for a few days, while his grandfather, abdul muttalib continued to look for a wet-nurse for his favorite grandson. Muhammad's father had passed on, a little before his birth, at the young age of 25 YEARS, while travelling in a caravan. It was customary in mecca to place the suckling babies i the care of a desert tribe, where the child grew up in the cleaner air, away from the cramped city and learnt the ways of the bedouins. As a bedouin, he was raised as a sheep's herder.

Later the orphan, muhammad was given to a woman named HALIYMAH who was from the tribe of SA'ADIYAH. This tribe was known for the gracefulness of their speech. Haliymah weaned the baby when he was two years old, for it was customary after that period of time, to return the foster-children to their families. He was returned to his mother at four or five years old. However 1 year later, muhamad's mother, amiyna had passed on, therefore muhammad was given to hhis uncle, ABU TAALIB, who looked out for him, for as long as he lived.

SECOND QUESTION FOR ANY MUSLIM OUT THERE: (HOW WAS LIFE LIKE IN PAGAN, PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA?')
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