The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Life of the Prophet
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day:
Fajr
(dawn prayer),
Zuhr
(midday prayer),
Asr
(afternoon prayer)
Maghrib,
(after sunset prayer)
and
Isha
(evening prayer). In addition to this, the
Prophet established weekly prayer on Fridays. This
prayer was congregational and wider in scope, for it
included a sermon, a weekly discourse for the
spiritual development of the believers.
In Madinah the Prophet undertook many tasks for
the organisation and consolidation of the Muslim
Ummah.
For instance, after the emigration the small
town of Madinah saw, all of a sudden, the addition
of several hundred people. This was a major social
problem. For its solution the Prophet adopted a
strategy known in Islamic history as ‘fraternizing.’
The form it took was a bond of brotherhood
established between one Ansar (a Madinan Muslim)
and a Muhajir (emigrant from Makkah). Each one of
the emigrants was connected with a member of the
Ansari Muslims in a bond of mutual assistance. The
Ansaris shared their wealth and property with the
Muhajirs as if they were the members of their own
families. The Ansar and Muhajirs thus fraternized,
living together like real brothers, without ever
quarrelling over anything.
