HIST 1001 Chapter : History Islam I
Document Summary
Muslims believe judaism and christianity descended from isaac, son of. They believe islam descended from ishmael, the son of abraham and hagar. Creed: no god but allah and mohammed is his prophet . Mohammed is a military and political leader as well as religious. Born in the city of mecca 575 ad. Mohammed"s dad died before he was born and his mom died when he was 6. Became on orphan and was taken care of by aunts and uncles. Had been married before and had the remains of all of their businesses- well established woman. Men like him go off and pray and think to themselves. When mohammed was praying the angel gabriel came to him and gave him a message for mecca. Called the night of power in 610 ad. One will do right and see that it prevails. One will not do wrong and see that wrong does not prevail.
