LIFE BEFORE THE ADVENT OF ISLAM
Life before the advent of Islam.
Time before the advent of Islam known as the Days of Ignorance. In Islam, the Days of Ignorance is regarded as a setback in the religious life. At the time of the Arab pagan masarakat have bad habits like drinking alcohol, gambling, and the worship of idols. Looking at the above events, the situation in the days of ignorance that to happen in this day and age?
Come Before Islam Meccan society
Arabs generally bold character, strong, and independent. They have long recognized religion. Their ancestors were initially embraced the religion of Abraham. But, eventually teaching it to fade. To show the existence of God they make idols of stone, according to their mood statue can be a means of communion with God. Their culture is the most prominent literary Arabic, particularly Arabic poetry. Economy generally good people of Mecca because they control the strip of land in the entire Arabian Peninsula.
- Religious Society of Mecca before Islam Come.
Before the coming of Islam, the Arabs have embraced a wide variety of religions, customs, manners and the rules of life. When Islam came, the new religion was brought updates in the field of morals, laws, and regulations on life. Thus, Islam met with pagan religions or Islamic regulations with the regulations of the Arabs before Islam. Then, both understand and trust each other collide and fight in a long time.
Environmental factors is one thing that can affect the religious life in a race. Therefore, we can be proved by scientific researchers who showed that Arabian Peninsula was once fertile and prosperous. Because environmental factors also may be religious feeling has arisen in the Arab nation since long. Religious spirit is very strong in the Arab nation that is the impulse to fight and fight Islam Islam came in second. They fight against the religion of Islam because they are very strong stick with their old religion that is the belief that has been ingrained in their psyche. Assuming they indifferent to religion, they would have let Islam to grow, but the reality is not so. Islam they fight tooth and nail until they lose.
Until now, even the Arabs, whether he is a scholar or not, against their religious enthusiasm. Religion is published and defended with all his strength. Spirit of their religion are generally skin only. Character who loved life free from attachment to the reason they Kingin free from religious rule. They have been bored and irritated against religion because it is considered as a binder independence so often distorted their own religion. Some of those who worshiped trees wood. Those who worship the stars, rocks, animals, and even worship of kings. This way they do because they find it difficult to believe in God the abstract, until finally they made something that he regarded as God's shadow.
About their religious beliefs, the Arabs are one of the nations that have guided. They first have to follow the religion of Abraham. Because failure by the prophet as an interpreter for lights, they simply return to worship idols. Their idols made of stone and erected in Ka`bah. Thus the religion of Abraham mixed with idolatrous beliefs. Then confidence Abraham had really lost the trust of idolatry.
Ibn Kalbi said that the cause of the Arabs worship stone or idol is because anyone who left Mecca always take a mile. Taken from the rocks there is a sort of sanctuary. If you have done so, they have felt himself honored and love for the city of Mecca. Furthermore, in any of them stop or settle, and put the stone, and they go around (around) the stone, as if they had been around Ka`bah. Indeed, they still honor and is a sort of Mecca, and still do Hajj and Umrah, but they still have to serve what they like. Idols in the land they once were stones brought from Ka`bah; (Mecca), which is then honored. They also build houses to accommodate rock idols, while still standing is a sort of high and noble lyang. Among the idols they have to move to is a sort, which ultimately is a sort filled with idols. They do not forget the position is a sort of honor that they do not want to put the stone idols in the other, except near the Ka`bah. They also do not want to perform the pilgrimage, but only to Mecca.
The names of the idols they worship the idol of Hubal, among others, made of red agate and human nature. Hubal, the god of their biggest Ka`bah placed, then Al Lata, the oldest idol, idol al Uzza, and Manah. They recognize idols as their Lord and devoted because he considered great. They worship idols as intermediaries to God. So in fact, not idols they worshiped, but something great behind idols. To get closer to god or gods, they are willing to make sacrifices to serve the cattle. Even once in a while they offered human sacrifices to the gods and their God. To idols, they complain of fate, question, or problem and ask his opinion or seek his blessing if will do something important.
- Community Cultural Mecca before Islam Come.
Yemeni state is a very important cultural grows ever growing Arabian Peninsula before Islam came. Arab nations, including nations that memilikij high artistic taste. One of the signs is that the art of the Arabic language is a most beautiful art that is highly valued and respected by the people. They are particularly fond of the poets gathered around to listen to the lyric poems. There are some markets where poets gather Ukaz market namely, Majinnah, and Dhul-Majaz. in; markets that utters the lyric poets are already prepared for it.
A poet has a very high position in Arab society. When on a quarterly / clans emerged a poet, the latter datanganlah envoys from the other tribe to congratulate the tribe. To that end, the tribe hosted a large-scale slaughter of cattle. For the ceremony, the beautiful women of the tribe is out to dance, sing, and play entertaining guests. The ceremony was to honor the poet sang. Thus the poet considered capable of upholding the dignity of the quarter or kabilahnya. One of the influences on Arab poetry is that poetry can elevate derjat who was humiliated, or otherwise, was able to degrade the character. However, is a poet who was praised contempt, then suddenly it becomes a noble hound, and also vice versa. If the poet criticize someone who was honorable, that person suddenly becomes humiliated. For example, there was a man named Abdul Uzza ibn Amir. Initially he was a destitute life. Daughter-his daughter a lot, but there are no young men who want to marry them.
Conclusion
In this paper, the following conclusions can be made:
• Time before the advent of Islam known as the Days of Ignorance. In Islam, ignorance is regarded as a setback in the religious life.
• Before the coming of Islam, the Arabs have embraced a wide variety of religions, customs, manners and the rules of life.
• State of Yemen is a very important cultural grows ever growing Arabian Peninsula before Islam came.
• Economic Arabs praIslam very dependent on trade from farms and agriculture.