Trade Journey and Christian Monk
Trade Journey and Christian Monk
Trade Journey and Christian Monkwas twelve years of age (583 AD), he insisted on accompanying his uncle in one of his trade missions. Normally children of this age play in the streets. But Muhammad was different from all of them. On arrival at Basra, they halted near the monastery of a Christian monk called.
Buhaira. He watched the radiant young trader and went to him, "I charge you in the name of Lat and Uzza (names of two Arab Idols) to answer my question correctly" said Buhaira, Muhammad (PBUH) immediately replied, "Don't bind me with the oath of Lat and Uzza. I hate nothing more than them". The monk then interrogated him about his sleep condition, dreams, nature, and other matters. He circled him and examined his sacred body.
"What is he to you"? He asked Abu Talib, who replied, "He is my son". "The parents of this boy cannot possibly be alive at this stage," said Buhaira, who was well versed in the prophecies of the Holy Bible and Torah about the last of the Messengers of Allah on earth. On gathering all this information the monk advised Abu Talib, "Take your nephew back to Makkah immediately and protect him from the Jews. By God, if they recognize those signs in him which I have seen, they might do some mischief to him, for Your nephew has all the signs of the "Awaited Prophet" as given in our religious books. Perhaps Abu Talib did not understand much of it but agreed to complete his business quickly there in Basra and take him back to Makkah.
When 15 (586 AD), he participated in the famous battle called Fajaar against an Arab tribe that had attacked Makkah. He took upon himself the duty to collect arrows from the rear and hand them over to his uncles to shoot at the enemy.
At this tender age, he was a remarkable individual, a very active, very thoughtful, serious, and brave young man, with a loving and caring nature of very clean habits. He had few close friends. Among them was Abu Bakar, son of Abu Quhafah who was also about the same age; a slim boy of very neat habits. He is the same who was the first to accept Islam when at the age of forty, Mohammad declared prophethood. He also liked Hamzah, his real uncle, a few years older than him. He also loved him very much.
The Youngman in Teens
As already said, his growth, both physical and mental, had been remarkably fast since his infancy. By the age of 14, he was a grown-up, stout, and sturdy boy with very handsome magnetic looks. At this tender age, he got himself fully involved in the civic life of the city. Besides helping his uncle in his business activities, young Mohammad was also known for caring for elderly people; and destitute children, particularly orphans. He participated in manly games, particularly wrestling, shooting arrows, and use of weaponry of those days. At the age of six, when he had visited Yathrib, he had shown keen interest in swimming too, but there was no facility for it in Makkah.
When 15 (586 AD), he participated in the famous battle called Fajaar against an Arab tribe that had attacked Makkah. He took upon himself the duty to collect arrows from the rear and hand them over to his uncles to shoot at the enemy.
At this tender age, he was a remarkable individual, a very active, very thoughtful, serious, and brave young man, with a loving and caring nature of very clean habits. He had few close friends. Among them was Abu Bakar, son of Abu Quhafah who was also about the same age; a slim boy of very neat habits. He is the same who was the first to accept Islam when at the age of forty, Mohammad declared prophethood. He also liked Hamzah, his real uncle, a few years older than him. He also loved him very much.
Hulful Fudul (591 AD)
As you know Arab tribes often fought with each other, to establish their superiority. Moreover, there was no security for travelers, weak, and poor. Thus, people knew peace and rest neither by day nor by night. The sensitive mind of the future Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was perturbed and sad to see that useless bloodshed. At the end of the battle of Fajaar, some righteous men of Makkah thought of a movement for peace. At the age of 16, the young Muhammad (PBUH) also joined them and became the founder member of the league called Hulful Fudul which means the agreement signed between Fazals, as the names of three of the original proponents were the same. Muhammad (PBUH) was the fourth.
Later some other people also joined it. Its aim was to help the oppressed and check the oppressors, to protect the travelers and help the poor, and to promote peace in Makkah and surrounding areas by persuading the warring parties to negotiate their disputes on the table. Thus at a very young age, he was far ahead of his times in whatever capacity, and as much
as possible, he took part in the welfare of the people. In Makkah elderly wise men talked about him as the role model for the youth.
He had already traveled to Syria on a trading mission with his uncle Abu Talib. He loved that. By eighteen, on profit profit-sharing basis he also started to take independent trading assignments on behalf of other people, in which he was very successful. Impressed by his hard work, charming manners, meticulous planning, vision, and power to make the right decisions, and above all, his truthful and honest dealings, more and more people wanted him to do business on their behalf.
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