History of Islam in Saudi Arabia
Arab or what is now known as saudi arabia is a country in the middle east region that became the center of Islamic religion because the building of the Ka'bah which is the sacred building of the Islamic Ummah is located in this country. Islam has a long history, especially in the beginning by the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW in Arabia. Islam is taught by the prophet Muhammad who was born and lived in Arabia but Islam is not born from the Arab region. Islam is a religion brought since Adam's prophet and perfected by Prophet Muhammad SAW or Rasulullah as the last or final prophet. To find out more about the history of Islam in Arabia see the following explanation. (read the history of the Islamic world and the development of Islam)adsArab Condition Before the Arrival of IslamArab countries or peninsula is located in western Asia and dikelilngi by the sea of Iraq, Red Sea and Indian Ocean on three sides penjurunya. The Arab society prior to the coming of Islam in this case is Islam that perfected the prophet Muhammad SAW known as the society of ignorance or the people who live in ignorance or darkness. Actually Islam or ketauhidan already exist in the middle of Arab society since prophet Ibrahim and Isma'il who founded ka'ba.Then after that the faith began to fade with the heresy of idolatry from the people of Sham brought by Amir ibn Lubai. He says that the idol is God's intermediary with his creatures. Initially the teachings were only done by the people of Mecca who even made the pagan rituals and put it around the Ka'ba. Some Arab occupations are Christians, Jews (read Jewish histories) and religious beliefs that worship idols. As mentioned in the following hadith"The statues that existed at the time of the Prophet Noah US are the statues worshiped also among the Arabs after that. The Wudd is an idol worshiped by the Kaib tribe in Daumatul Jandal. Suwa is Hudzail's offering. Yaghuts of the tribe of Murad, then moved to Bani Gatifdi on the hillside of Saba. "Tradition of Arab Society Before Islam ComesAt that time the Arab community was known as a people who loved his people and likes to fight with other tribes. The tradition of ignorant society was also very cruel at that time. They treat women with disrespect, burying girls alive because they think of girls as unlucky carriers. The men can also do anything to women such as being free to marry and divorce women at will. Also in the Arab era before the advent of Islam, the slaves were treated so inhumanly by their masters. (read the position of women in Islam and the role of women in Islam)Arab society at that time doing economic activities by trade. They wander from one place to another and even abroad like India and China. In the political field at that time Arabia was surrounded by three great powers such as the Byzantine kingdom which is a Christian kingdom, the Persian Empire whose inhabitants of Zoroastrian religion and Himyar Dynasty which at that time controlled the southern Arab region. (read also the development of Islam in Europe and Islam in America)Birth of Prophet Muhammad SAWIslam comes with the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW who perfected the teachings of Allah from the previous prophets. At the time of ignorance of the Arabs, the jahiliyah of a prophet closing the time of the prophet Muhammad SAW who was born of a woman named Siti Aminah and his father Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib. Prophet Mohammed was born on the 12th of elephant rabiul, or April 20, 571 AD, called the elephant year because that year the Abissinian Governor named Abrahan came to attack the city of Mecca with the elephant troops but Allah Almighty brought the Ababil birds throwing them with hot stones. Prophet Muhammad was born an orphan, his father died
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