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Jewish communities in the Arab world, and the Jewish traditions were widely practices in these communities. With so many options for worship, the people were not united under the canopy of any single religious belief system. Moral values were declining and social anarchy was at a zenith. Worship, sacrifice and prayers were performed either out of ignorance, habit, or to justify and gratify the individual ego. Prayer and sacrifice were often aimed at extorting or humiliating other individuals or groups. Social vices such as the use of intoxicants, adultery, communal discord, and bribery were prevalent.
This unfavorable environment, characterized by the absence of a central ethical code and the lack of any systematized or coherent religious belief, was pervasive in throughout the Middle Eastern region at that time. But there were also many peace loving people, and they yearned for religious and social reform. The combination of these factors created fertile ground for change and reformation. It was at this time and under these social and religious conditions, that the Prophet Muhammad was born.
The Life of Muhammad
It is believed that the Prophet Muhammad was born around the year 570 C.E. into a Quraish family, in the city of Mecca, in
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