Eager to know how the nomadic lifestyle contributed to the spread of Islam? Was it just about the personal traits of the nomads and their rugged environment, or were there more significant factors playing a deeper role in spreading the message?
This article explores the key factors that made the nomadic lifestyle an ideal foundation for spreading Islam—the final divine message, preserved in its original form until today. Keep reading to uncover the answer!
How Did the Nomadic Lifestyle Contribute to the Spread of Islam?
There are many factors making the nomadic lifestyle an ideal scenario for starting the divine message of Islam and a seed for spreading it all over the world. Following are some of these factors:
- Positive traits in the Arab nomadic character acquired from their environment.
- Islamic spirit of directing individuals to eternity by spreading the message.
- Almighty God’s Wisdom in choosing the best scenario for His Last Message.
- The divinity of the message is the main thing.
Let’s discuss these points in more detail.
Nomadic lifestyle positively supported Arab personality necessary for spreading Islam
Strength, power, patience, sacrifice, and perseverance are results of the nomadic lifestyle known for hardships, instabilities, and the unknown. All these traits are necessary for the carriers of the message, for which they were to change lifestyle and face the consequences of opposing the world.
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Islam reshapes nomadic characters, directing them to higher objectives
Islam solves the negative aspects in nomadic Arabs, such as tribal bigotry, by seeding the meanings of Muslim nation equality regardless of race or tribe. Instead of living and fighting for trivial matters, Islam directs the nomads to higher objectives of salvation for themselves and others by converting to Islam and spreading its light throughout the world.
Describing the negative aspect of Arabs before Islam, Jaafar ibn Abi Talib said:
“We were a people in a state of ignorance and immorality, worshipping idols and eating the flesh of dead animals, committing all sorts of abominations and shameful deeds. breaking the ties of kinship, treating guests badly and the strong among us exploited the weak.”
[Sahih Musnad Ahmad]
Moreover, Islam encourages its followers to spread the religion by promising them precious continuous rewards lasting after the death of the individuals. For example, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) encourages spreading guidance, saying:
“He who calls others to follow the Right Guidance will have a reward equal to the reward of those who follow him, without their reward being diminished in any respect on that account.”
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Nomadic lifestyle proves Almighty God’s Wisdom in choosing place and characters for His message
Almighty God chooses for His Last Message, Islam, the best scenario out of His ultimate Wisdom and Knowledge. Mecca as the birthplace of Islam was a center of trade and pilgrimage, so spreading ideas is easy in such an environment.
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Absence of political and economic power restrictions in the early nomadic lifestyle
Unlike the countries subjected to Roman or Persian empires at that time, the Arabic Peninsula was away from restrictions of high powers of the time, a matter that makes the spread of the message easier at its beginning till it reaches a significant entity enabling the early Muslims to open these empires whom they consider trivial entities before.
Islam attracts the nomads with new meanings of success and eternity
Islam opens the doors for the weak and the poor communities in these marginal areas to make a history for themselves according to their own work in serving the message of Islam, regardless of their lineage, power, or money. Thus, Islam changes the poorest ones into everlasting scholars and examples known till today. For example, Abu Huraira, one of Prophet Muhammad’s companions, described his severe poverty and hunger, saying:
“I would fall in swoon between the pulpit of (the mosque of) Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the chamber of ‘Aishah, and every passer-by would put his foot on my neck thinking I was insane. I was not insane but I was awfully hungry.”
[Sahih Al-Bukhari]
Later on, Abu Huraira became one of the prominent scholars delivering the message of Islam through teaching the Prophetic traditions lasting till today.
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Conclusion
To conclude, Almighty God chooses the nomadic theme for His Last Message, Islam, for many factors helping in spreading this message forever to guide humanity to His path. Islam is the final divine message protected by Almighty God to achieve merciful guidance. Otherwise, this call was hard to continue or to fit with all these generations. No human message can remain preserved in its original form for more than a thousand years.
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