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The Life of Muhammad is a 2011 British three-part documentary miniseries examining the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islam. The documentary was directed by Faris Kermani, written by Ziauddin Sardar, and presented by Rageh Omaar. It was broadcast by BBC Two over three consecutive weeks from 11 July 2011 to 25 July 2011.
The common Sunni view is that during Muhammad's lifetime, khums was divided into five shares, with Muhammad receiving a share allocated "for God and the Prophet" (referred to as khums al-khums). This share was used by Muhammad to support himself and his immediate family and the other shares were directed toward his kin and community needs.
The life of Muhammad is known as the Sira and was lived in the full light of history. Everything he did and said was recorded. Because he could not read and write himself, he was constantly served by a group of 45 scribes who wrote down his sayings, instructions, and his activities. Muhammad himself insisted on documenting his important decisions.
According to a BBC summary, "the Prophet Muhammad did not try to abolish slavery, and bought, sold, captured, and owned slaves himself. But he insisted that slave owners treat their slaves well and stressed the virtue of freeing slaves. Muhammad treated slaves as human beings and clearly held some in the highest esteem". [353]
Regarding the creation of Muhammad, Islam developed the belief in the pre-existence of Muhammad. [a] This posits that God created the spiritual nature of Muhammad before God created the universe or Adam. [53] Following this belief, Muhammad was the first prophet created, but the last one sent to mankind. [52]
The Prophet wrote a note to Mus'ab ibn Umayr, who represented the Prophet in Madinah to pray two raka'at in congregation on Friday (that is, Jumu'ah). Then, after the migration of the Prophet to Medina, the Jumu'ah was held by him. [37] For Shiites, historically, their clergy discouraged Shiites from attending Friday prayers.
Warfare in defense of the faith has also been part of Muslim history since the time of Muhammad, [9] with violence mentioned in Quranic revelations after their exile from Mecca. [15] In the 13th century, Salim Suwari, a philosopher in Islam, came up with a peaceful approach to Islam known as the Suwarian tradition. [1] [2]
These twelve informed Muhammad of the beginning of gradual development of Islam in Medina, and took a formal pledge of allegiance at Muhammad's hand, promising to accept him as a prophet, to worship none but one God, and to renounce certain sins like theft, adultery, murder and the like. This is known as the "First Pledge of al-Aqaba".