Who was Allah that Muhammad the Prophet (MP) and the Koraysh worshipped?
According to the Arabs, when MP arrived in Medina he found the Jews fasting. It turned out they were fasting on Yom e Kippur 10th of Tishri. So MP decided to fast too and declared it the 10 of Muharram or Ashura. This would mean that the 9th of Ramadan of that year would fall on the 9th of Av. of the Jewish year. It is well known that on the 9th of Av, Jews fast and make a pilgrimage to Mount of Olives to mourn the destruction of the temple there. What a lot of people may not know is that on the 9th of Dhul Hajj, MP also fasted and climbed up a hill near the Kabba. This was mount of Rahmah. Muslims do this even now. Without it, Hajj is considered incomplete.
Furthermore, MP instituted fasting during the of Ramadan that coincidentally falls between Nisan and Sivan. Consequently Muslims are required to fast the whole month between Passover and Shavuot. Then the Muslims make sacrifice of grains for Eid ul Fitr. Although this is the minimum, MP himself fasted the whole of Ramadan and the preceding month as well as the week after Ramadan. In other words MP fasted all the days between Passover and Pentacost except one on which he sacrificed grains on Eid ul Fitr.
I am sure we can all see the pattern here. However, some people may say, this was MP trying to appease the Jews. However, that doesn't appear to be the case either. There is a record in history of Belasarius telling his officers to not worry about the Arabs attacking as they would not be fighting in the holy month as they will be performing Hajj on the day of the summer solstice in 541 CE. Needless to say the summer solstice was on the 9th of Av in 541 CE. So it appears even before the coming of MP the Arabs were observing Jewish holidays.
I think it is quite interesting how Arabs who are so closely related to the Jews appear to be observing so many Jewish rituals, customs and traditions in the days of MP and even before his coming. This is why I think MP found it easy to convince the Arabs to join him. They could basically continue to do what they had been doing all along - follow Jewish rituals except get rid of the idols. Therefore I find it reasonable to believe that the Arabs thought they were worshipping the God of Abraham in Allah rather than some some pagan god of clay and stone such as the Moon god. What do you think?
According to the Arabs, when MP arrived in Medina he found the Jews fasting. It turned out they were fasting on Yom e Kippur 10th of Tishri. So MP decided to fast too and declared it the 10 of Muharram or Ashura. This would mean that the 9th of Ramadan of that year would fall on the 9th of Av. of the Jewish year. It is well known that on the 9th of Av, Jews fast and make a pilgrimage to Mount of Olives to mourn the destruction of the temple there. What a lot of people may not know is that on the 9th of Dhul Hajj, MP also fasted and climbed up a hill near the Kabba. This was mount of Rahmah. Muslims do this even now. Without it, Hajj is considered incomplete.
Furthermore, MP instituted fasting during the of Ramadan that coincidentally falls between Nisan and Sivan. Consequently Muslims are required to fast the whole month between Passover and Shavuot. Then the Muslims make sacrifice of grains for Eid ul Fitr. Although this is the minimum, MP himself fasted the whole of Ramadan and the preceding month as well as the week after Ramadan. In other words MP fasted all the days between Passover and Pentacost except one on which he sacrificed grains on Eid ul Fitr.
I am sure we can all see the pattern here. However, some people may say, this was MP trying to appease the Jews. However, that doesn't appear to be the case either. There is a record in history of Belasarius telling his officers to not worry about the Arabs attacking as they would not be fighting in the holy month as they will be performing Hajj on the day of the summer solstice in 541 CE. Needless to say the summer solstice was on the 9th of Av in 541 CE. So it appears even before the coming of MP the Arabs were observing Jewish holidays.
I think it is quite interesting how Arabs who are so closely related to the Jews appear to be observing so many Jewish rituals, customs and traditions in the days of MP and even before his coming. This is why I think MP found it easy to convince the Arabs to join him. They could basically continue to do what they had been doing all along - follow Jewish rituals except get rid of the idols. Therefore I find it reasonable to believe that the Arabs thought they were worshipping the God of Abraham in Allah rather than some some pagan god of clay and stone such as the Moon god. What do you think?
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