The Last Prophet of Allah
by Ghulam Nabi Muslim
Life in Madina
The first work the Prophet of Allah [Muhammad (pbuh)] did at Madina was to build a mosque. For this purpose, Abu Bakr bought a piece of land where a simple mosque was built. Here the Muslims gathered for prayer five times a day. Now they had no fear of man when they said their prayers. They also discussed their problems in the mosque. Thus, from the very outset, the mosque became a centre of the religious, social and political activities of the Muslims.
There was a great fear of the attack of the Quraish of Mecca. The Prophet was alive to the danger, so he gathered the Muslims and the Jews of Madina and formed a kind of alliance. They all agreed to fight their common enemies in case of attack and live peacefully as the citizens of Medina. Many tribes lived outside the city. The Messenger of God went to them also and asked them to join the Muslims against any attack from outside. They, too, accepted him as their leader in time of war.