Muhammad and Islam – The origin and formation of the Islamic world

In 610 A.D., outside mecca, there was a mountain called Sheila, and there was a natural cave in the middle of the mountain, and the entrance to the cave was very quiet with vines and weeds. Looking into the cave, there was a man in the depths, sitting cross-legged on a raised stone, his arms on his chest, as if asleep, and from his tight frown he could see what he was thinking. A spider had made a web at the mouth of the cave, and it seemed that he had been sitting here for a long time.

Who is he? What was he thinking?

He is Muhammad, and he is wondering: Why do the poor suffer? Why do rich people suffer too?

Maybe it was the meteorite that fell from the sky in Mecca that made him understand everything. When he came out of the cave, he founded Islam.

Muhammad declared that there is only one God in the world, Allah. He is the Creator of the world and the Creator of man, and man can enter heaven only after he obeys God before he dies. Muhammad claimed to be the Messenger of Allah, and since he was the first believer in God, he was the prophet of believers, the messenger sent by God to the earth to convey the will of God.

This is very similar to some of the elements of Christianity. Christianity believes that there is only one God called Jehovah, Islam believes that there is only one God called Allah, Jesus considers himself to be the messenger of God, and Muhammad considers himself the messenger of Allah, and they all have their own heavens and hells.

Judging from the founders of the three major religions, each has its own characteristics:

The founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, was a prince by birth and belonged to the rich;

Jesus came from a family of carpenters and belonged to the poor;

Muhammad, who was poor before, married a rich woman, and then eight more wives, belonging to both the poor and the rich.

Muhammad's mission did not go well, and some of his almsgiving claims to help the poor were also unhappy to the rich.

There is a rule in Islamic teachings: "Islam is not only a religious authority but also a secular authority, and the unifying force governing people's affairs should be faith, not tribe."

For power, it is obviously as political as Christianity.

The Islam founded by Muhammad differed from other religions in that it built its own army and commanded it in "holy war" with religious ideas. In 630 AD, the city of Mecca was captured, except for the meteorite, all tribal gods were purged, and the Kaaba Temple was converted into a mosque. Tribes were recovered, non-Muslims were expelled from the Holy Land, and non-Muslims were denied access to politics. A religious state was established here.

Judging from the relationship between the three major religions and regimes, they also have their own characteristics:

Buddhism does not participate in the regime and influences the regime with Buddhism from afar;

Christianity indirectly controlled power by incorporating monarchs into the church;

Islam is the unity of the church and the administration and the direct exercise of political power.

In 632, Muhammad died of illness in Medina.

Later, the Islam he founded was divided into two major sects: "Sunni" and "Shia".