The Life of Muhammad.

... The Life of Muhammad The Quarish and Hanifs were two tribes living in and around Mecca. The Quarish were the most important, living in and around the region of Mecca. They were merchants who organised and protected the traders that came to Mecca. The Quarish had control of the Ka'bah and also to the water supply of Mecca. The Ka'bah is a cubed shaped temple, said to be first made by Adam, the first man on Earth, and therefore was the first house of God on Earth. Having made profit from the traders, the Quarish also made profit by supervising provisions for the many thousands of pilgrims that came to see and worship the idols at the Ka'bah. The Hanifs were honourable tribesmen, who would go off alone to pray in the silence of the mountains or the desert. The Hanifs were not pleased by the way the Quarish became selfish, greedy

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