Inqilab-Insan Changes In Arab Life

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

What changes took place after the advent of Prophet Mohammad (SAWS)?

1. Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) brought the Arabs back to Islam; introduced worship of Allah (SWT) and showed them how to worship Him.

2. Certain practices of Arabs, like killing of girl child, wine drinking, usury, etc., were forbidden. Few other things were not banned, but regularized as per Islamic laws. Like unlimited polygamy was stopped and people were allowed to marry a maximum of 4 women with certain conditions. Fornication and infidelity is not allowed. But you can have legal marital bliss.

3. Their living, their eating habits, their clothing, their cultural traditions, their practice of doing business, and many more things continued, rather  Islamic rules further improved their living conditions.

4.They were not required to change their names. They were allowed to continue with their wives and children.

5.Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) did not force them to change anything except certain areas where Islamic reforms were introduced

6. Tribes were allowed to recite Quran in their own accent. Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) did not force them to use the accent of Quraish in reading Quran. Hazrat Hafs (ra) recital was very close toQuraish.

7. Singing as a show happiness was wide spread in Prophet’s (SAWS) time. Certain cultural traditional dances remained unchanged.

During Prophet’s (SAWS) time, there were only two musical instruments, flute and tambourine and both these instruments were permitted.

Singing, music and dancing which leads people towards sin cannot be allowed.(which explains physical beauty of a woman or describes polytheism and infidelity or idolatory , its recital and singing is senseless, waste of time, singing and dancing of young men and women together on stages — will be considered as sin)

8.Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) did not touch the cultural life of Arabs except in certain areas where Islamic values were introduced

Islam is a versatile and happening religion. It is meant for the people of the whole world until the day of Resurrection. The cultural values of people of the whole world can be accommodated within the parameters of Islam. Islam does not impose anything against the basic nature of human beings. It reforms their nature and facilitates them to become good human beings.

If anyone tries to sum up the change in Arabs in the hands of Prophet Mohammad (SAWS), he will conclude that the Prophet (SAWS) cleansed their hearts and changed their mindset and made them good Muslims

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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