Historical Analysis of Prophet Muhammad

Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca into the Quraysh tribe, who were

predominantly polytheists. He married Khadija, the

wealthiest person in Mecca, who owned a successful transportation and

trading business.

Throughout their twenty-five years of marriage, Khadija was the primary

provider for their household. Prophet Muhammad preached

Islam for thirteen years in Mecca, gaining only a

hundred followers. His insults of the Quraysh's beliefs

led to growing hostility towards him.

After Khadija's death, Muhammad found himself without a stable

income,

as he had not managed her business and didn't learn to read and write

properly.

He instructed his followers to migrate with him to Medina, hoping for

a better future.

However, after their move, the Muslim community struggled

financially. Some of his followers expressed their

frustration over their worsening situation,

asking, "Prophet, where is your promise to make us

prosperous?"

Lacking a sustainable means of income, Prophet Muhammad began raiding and

robbing against the Quraysh merchants who traveled between Mecca and

Syria for trade.

After six unsuccessful attempts, his first major victory

came during the raid of a small caravan at Nakhla.

Amir, Amir, are you okay, man?

Emboldened by this success, he led the Muslims in a larger raid at

Badr, targeting a significant Quraysh caravan.

Promising war booty, he quickly recruited over two hundred new

followers.

At the Badr robbery, three hundred hungry Muslim robbers

defeated a thousand

Quraysh merchants. While this victory is often celebrated by

Muslims today, a key factor was the Quraysh's reluctance to

kill their own relatives, sons, cousins, and uncles who had

converted to Islam and were now fighting against them.

Prophet Muhammad incited family members turning against one another for

his own benefit. Sons killing fathers, Uncle

A killing Uncle B, nephews killing uncles.

This is what happened in Badr robbery.

Prophet Muhammad openly declared that his livelihood would come from these

raids. In Sahih Bukhari, Book of Jihad, Hadith

eighty-eight, it is narrated by Ibn Umar

that the Prophet said,

"My livelihood is under the shade of my spear, and he who

disobeys my orders will be humiliated by paying

jizya." The footnote explains that "under the shade of my

spear" refers to income derived from war booty.

Robbing non-believers became a major source of income for the Prophet

Muhammad. During his ten years in Medina, he instigated more than

eighty raids against non-Muslims in Arabia.

He did not stop until he died. Prophet Muhammad is a warlord who

committed numerous crimes, and he justified them all in the name of

his

God, Allah.