Moving to Medina was the most important event in Islam because it is when the Islamic Calendar began as the first Muslim community was officially formed where Prophet Mohammad was free to preach openly without anyone having problems regarding it. Once in Medina Mohammad took on a new role as the cities political statesmen, he undertook a role as military commander and defeated a challenge from the Makkan army at the Battle of Badr. In Medina Mohammad established the first mosque, introduced regular prayer times and established the Five Pillars. The Umma also worked together as a united community, which broke down tribal barriers and aimed to protect all members of the community. Also in Medina social sanctions where introduced in order to protect the poor and weak.
The event of Hijrah is very significant in Islam because without Mohammad being rejected from Makah and having to escape persecution and immigrating to Medina the first Muslim Community might not have been set up. The significance of hijrah is not partial to the Islamic history or to the Muslims but also had its impact on worldwide civilizations. Prophet Muhammad immigrated from Makah to Medina which meant that he did not just transferred his residence or took shelter in another city, but also began to transform the city in every aspect in many ways.
There were many challenges facing the Muslim community when it settled in Madinah after the Hijrah such as economic, political, religious and social.
The economic challenges that were faced by the Prophet Muhammad and his companions were how to trade fairly in market places. In Madinah many traders were cheating taking more money from their customers as well as weighing items incorrectly. When Prophet realised that this was happening a lot, he taught people how to trade fairly and give Zakat to purify their wealth. This showed them how to help their brothers.
There were also many political challenges that the Prophet faced which were to bring peace and unite different tribes. Prophet Muhammad made sure this happened so their less hatred in people’s hearts. Reuniting people made them realised that there was no point in fighting. For this to happened Prophet wanted to become however many people disagreed on this due to being non-believers.
The religious challenges that Prophet faced by the community was to spread the words of Islam; he wanted the people to maintain and develop Islam as a way of life. The religious challenges he faced were mainly trying to get the word of god across, which had made him introduce Islam to everyone; this was a very challenging thing as many of them had not heard anything like it before.
The social challenges was establishing brotherhood between people, just so that they grow love for each other as this will cause less fights and arguments. Bringing peace between people and tribes were Prophets responsibility.
Prophet Muhammad also established a good relationship with the people where they all worked as a team to give out invitation of Islam. He established brotherly relations between the Muslims who migrated from Makah and the residents of Medina who helped the Prophet and his companions. The relationship between the Muslims was very important to the Prophet brotherhood was on the basis of faith.
The challenges faced by the Prophet lead to success of Islam as there were many people who started to respect Prophet and were polite to him. Majority of the people who lived in Madinah became Muslims and the love between the brotherhoods increased. Leading good life socially made Prophet content and happy as he knew that the word of Islam has been spread.
