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 "id": "question/how-did-the-prophet-live-before-prophethood",
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 "slug": "how-did-the-prophet-live-before-prophethood",
 "label": {
  "ar": "كيف عاش النبي قبل البعثة؟"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "يتيم نشأ في بادية بني سعد ثم في حجر جده فعمه، رعى الغنم وسافر في التجارة وتزوج خديجة في الخامسة والعشرين، وعُرف في قومه بالأمين واعتزل عبادة الأوثان، في عرض الرحيق المختوم."
 },
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 "wings": [],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
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 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
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 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "prophets"
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 "data": {
  "question": {
   "ar": "كيف عاش النبي قبل البعثة؟"
  },
  "short_answer": {
   "ar": "يتيم نشأ في بادية بني سعد ثم في حجر جده فعمه، رعى الغنم وسافر في التجارة وتزوج خديجة في الخامسة والعشرين، وعُرف في قومه بالأمين واعتزل عبادة الأوثان، في عرض الرحيق المختوم."
  },
  "long_answer": {
   "ar": "يعرض الرحيق المختوم أربعين عاماً قبل النبوة: مولده بمكة عام الفيل، ورضاعه عند ثويبة ثم في بادية بني سعد عند حليمة، كما في [[event/year-of-the-elephant-and-birth|المولد]] و[[concept/istirda-al-badiya|الاسترضاع في البادية]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.54} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.55}. ثم يتمه من أمه في السادسة ومن جده في الثامنة وكفالة عمه أبي طالب، كما في [[event/death-of-amina|وفاة آمنة]] و[[event/death-of-abd-al-muttalib|وفاة عبد المطلب]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.57} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58}.\nوفي شبابه رحلة الشام مع عمه ولقاء بحيرا، وحضور حرب الفجار وحلف الفضول، ورعي الغنم، ثم التجارة في مال خديجة والزواج منها في الخامسة والعشرين، كما في [[event/bahira-encounter|لقاء بحيرا]] و[[event/hilf-al-fudul|حلف الفضول]] و[[event/marriage-to-khadija|الزواج من خديجة]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.59} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.60} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.61}.\nوفي الخامسة والثلاثين حكّمته قريش في وضع الحجر الأسود عند [[event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba|بناء الكعبة]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.62}. ويجمل المؤلف صورته: صامت متأمل، نافر من الأوثان لا يحضر لها عيداً، صادق أمين حتى سمّاه قومه [[concept/al-amin|الأمين]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}.\n"
  },
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   "event/year-of-the-elephant-and-birth",
   "event/death-of-amina",
   "event/death-of-abd-al-muttalib",
   "event/bahira-encounter",
   "event/hilf-al-fudul",
   "event/marriage-to-khadija",
   "event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba",
   "concept/al-amin"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الرحيق المختوم ص61–64 نقلاً عن ابن هشام 1/192–197 وفقه السيرة ص62–63 وصحيح البخاري 1/215، 1/540، 1/3 ومحاضرات الخضري 1/64–65",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
   "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
   "run": "raheeq-prose-batch-6c"
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  "sources": [
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   "source/ibn-hisham-sira"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Claude Code (claude-fable-5-1); al-Raheeq al-Makhtum pp. 54–64"
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "الجواب المختصر",
     "markdown": "نشأ [[person/muhammad|النبي]] يتيماً: رضع في بادية بني سعد، ومات أبوه قبل مولده وأمه في سادسته وجده في ثامنته، فكفله عمه أبو طالب {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.53} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.57} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58}. وفي شبابه سافر في التجارة ورعى الغنم وشهد حرب الفجار وحلف الفضول، وتزوج خديجة في الخامسة والعشرين، وعُرف في قومه بالأمين {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.59-64}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الطفولة",
     "markdown": "وُلد بمكة عام الفيل ([[event/year-of-the-elephant-and-birth|المولد]])، وأرضعته ثويبة ثم حليمة في بادية بني سعد على عادة أهل مكة في [[concept/istirda-al-badiya|الاسترضاع في البادية]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.54} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.55}. ماتت أمه بالأبواء وهو في السادسة ([[event/death-of-amina|وفاة آمنة]])، ثم مات جده عبد المطلب وله ثماني سنوات فكفله أبو طالب ([[event/death-of-abd-al-muttalib|وفاة عبد المطلب]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.57} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الشباب",
     "markdown": "في الثانية عشرة سافر مع عمه إلى الشام فلقي بحيرا ([[event/bahira-encounter|لقاء بحيرا]])، وفي الخامسة عشرة شهد [[event/harb-al-fijar|حرب الفجار]] ثم [[event/hilf-al-fudul|حلف الفضول]]، ورعى الغنم، وفي الخامسة والعشرين تاجر في مال خديجة ثم تزوجها ([[event/marriage-to-khadija|الزواج من خديجة]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.59} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.60} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.61}. وفي الخامسة والثلاثين حكّمته قريش في وضع الحجر الأسود ([[event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba|بناء الكعبة]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.62}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "صورته عند المؤلف",
     "markdown": "يصفه المؤلف قبل النبوة بطول الصمت والتأمل، والنفور من الأوثان حتى لا يحضر لها عيداً ولا يصبر على الحلف باللات والعزى، وبخلال جعلته أصدق قومه حديثاً وآمنهم أمانة حتى سمّوه [[concept/al-amin|الأمين]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "ملاحظات للباحثين",
     "markdown": "- الجواب كله من عرض الرحيق المختوم، وهو كتاب سيرة معاصر يعتمد ابن هشام ومصادر الحديث؛ القراءة الأكاديمية لهذه الحقبة غير معروضة هنا."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "question/how-did-the-prophet-live-before-prophethood",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Short answer",
     "markdown": "[[person/muhammad|The Prophet]] grew up an orphan. He was nursed in the desert of Banu Sa'd, his father died before he was born, his mother died when he was six, and his grandfather when he was eight, after which his uncle Abu Talib took him in {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.53} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.57} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58}. In his youth he travelled for trade, tended sheep, witnessed the War of al-Fijar and the Pact of al-Fudul, married Khadija at the age of twenty-five, and was known among his people as al-Amin {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.59-64}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Childhood",
     "markdown": "He was born in Mecca in the Year of the Elephant ([[event/year-of-the-elephant-and-birth|the birth]]). He was nursed first by Thuwayba and then by Halima in the desert of Banu Sa'd, following the custom of Meccan families of [[concept/istirda-al-badiya|sending infants to be nursed in the desert]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.54} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.55}. His mother died at al-Abwa when he was six ([[event/death-of-amina|the death of Amina]]). Then his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib died when he was eight, and Abu Talib took him in ([[event/death-of-abd-al-muttalib|the death of Abd al-Muttalib]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.57} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Youth",
     "markdown": "At the age of twelve he travelled with his uncle to Syria, where he met Bahira ([[event/bahira-encounter|the meeting with Bahira]]). At fifteen he witnessed [[event/harb-al-fijar|the War of al-Fijar]], and then [[event/hilf-al-fudul|the Pact of al-Fudul]]. He tended sheep. At twenty-five he traded with Khadija's property and then married her ([[event/marriage-to-khadija|the marriage to Khadija]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.58} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.59} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.60} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.61}. At thirty-five Quraysh made him the arbiter in placing the Black Stone ([[event/rebuilding-of-the-kaaba|the rebuilding of the Kaaba]]) {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.62}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His portrayal in the author's account",
     "markdown": "The author describes him before prophethood as given to long silence and reflection, and averse to idols, so that he would not attend their festivals and could not bear to swear by al-Lat and al-Uzza. His qualities made him the most truthful of his people in speech and the most trustworthy in what was entrusted to him, until they called him [[concept/al-amin|al-Amin]] {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.63} {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.64}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Notes for researchers",
     "markdown": "- The whole answer is taken from Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, a modern biography that relies on Ibn Hisham and the hadith sources. The academic reading of this period is not presented here."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "question/how-did-the-prophet-live-before-prophethood",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
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