Muslim Warrior Tales Abdullah Ibn Salam The Man From Jannah Paradise

In 622CE Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and most of the Muslim community migrated from Mecca to Medina. At that time Medina was known as Yathrib. It was not so much a city as a series of fortresses and strongholds where various political factions were united by tenuous alliances. Medina was ruled by two large Arab tribes, the Khazraj and Aws. A group of influential leaders invited Prophet Muhammad and his followers to Medina. When Prophet Muhammad reached there several of the Jewish clans were troubled, to say the least. In these first troublesome years the Prophet established the first Islamic state. During this time some individual Median Jews accepted Islam, the most famous of which is Abdullah Ibn Salam, a well respected and liked religious scholar and rabbi. Husain Ibn Salam, as he was then known was a religious man, dedicated to study and contemplation. He also worked on his small orchard/date plantation but organised his time in such a way that his religious study and devotion always took precedence. He studied the Torah in great detail, although historical records seem to indicate that the study of the Talmud played a very small part in Judaism in the Arabian Peninsula at the time. Never the less because of his study Husain was aware of the verses in the Torah mentioning a prophet who would complete the message of all previous prophets. When he heard the reports of a man in Mecca claiming to be such a man, the messenger of God, he took an immediate interest….