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Prophet Muhammad - The stories, teachings and sunnah

Backstory of Muhammad Before getting into the stories and teachings, it’s important to learn the backstory of Muhammad and how he came to be a prophet.  Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the city of mecca.At this time, there were different tribes and settlements that worshipped many gods/goddesses as protectors of individual tribes, usually associated with sacred trees, rocks and springs. Mecca was caught between two large empires; the Byzantine empire and Sassanid empire. At a young age, Muhammad had a very traumatic childhood. 6 months before he was born, his father sadly passed away, and 6 years later his mother also sadly passsed away leaving him to be taken in by his grandfather. And, unfortunately, his grandfather passed 2 years afterward. Leaving Muhammad to have no options on where to live and still being young, he was given to his uncle Abu Talib, who accepted him in with care. Although, Abu would only provide him with necessities to surviving, such as food and shelter, as