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Q3 [J2016/2058/12/Q3]
a) Describe the main events in the Prophet’s life before he was
granted prophethood.
b) ‘The Prophet’s family was important in preparing him for
prophethood.’ Agree or disagree, giving reasons for your answer.
Prophet (pbuh) renewed strength and motivation to continue his
important work.
b) Candidates can agree or disagree, and relevant answers that try to
justify their choice should be credited. They could agree and say, e.g.
that his uncle was important for taking him on trade journeys with
a) Candidates should write a detailed narrative elaborating on the
points mentioned below. He was born in the year of the elephant; his
parents were Amina and Abdullah; as with the custom of the time, he
was sent to the desert with a wet nurse; Halima Sa’adia narrates that
they had good fortune with the arrival of the Prophet in their
household, and asked that he stay with them another two years;
during this time, the incident of the angels coming to clean his heart
happened; Halima returned him to his mother; his mother died when
he was six on her way back from Yathrib; his grandfather looked after
him and then Abu Talib when he was eight; he went on trade
journeys with Abu Talib and this is where Bahira the monk saw him;
he picked up arrows in the sacrilegious wars, and was present at the
subsequent Fudul confederacy; he was employed by Khadija to go on
a trade journey to Syria and on account of his honesty she sent a
marriage proposal to him; he helped resolve the issue of the fixing of
the black stone; he spent longer periods in the cave of Hira and, at
the age of 40, the angel Jibril came with the first revelation.
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