Who was Muhammad, may God praise him? Muhammad,was born in a noble tribe of Mecca in Arabia in the year 570 CE.  His ancestry traces back to Prophet Ishmael, one of the two children of Prophet Abraham.  His father died before his birth and his mother died when he was six years old. He was raised first by a nursemaid in the desert, as was customary in those days, then by his grandfather and then by his uncle.  As a young man, he was known to be a good man, true to his word, never known to go ... [Continue Reading]