Do Muslims originate from Pagans? was Mohammads father a Pagan?

Answer 1

All religions came from Pagans. Its the first religion known to man.

Answer 2

I myself don't know one way or another if Mohammad had parent's who subscribed to European earth religions. I'm assuming you mean East or West European paganism since that is the common term used to define the earth religions of Europe. Earth religions from other area's don't use the term paganism as a definition...

I think if you look at the religions in the region Mohammad comes from you can hypothesize what earth religions he was exposed to if any.

Paganism was more common in the European area's north of Mecca. Mohammad being from Saudi Arabia, where if any earth religions where practiced, they would be more your African animism religions, or eastern religions like Hinduism etc. Romania and Turkey to the north, had allot of people that combined a lot of earth religions in with Catholicism though.

Mohammad was also from a fairly wealthy family as well, with earth religions being practiced more by the poor living in the outskirts of the city centers. It is pretty unlikely he was taught or had a father that subscribed to any earth religions. As far as I know, Mohammad was raised strictly Jewish. It was a hermetic Judaism though I believe, the more mystical form of Judaism that studies Kabbalah and meditation. I say Kabbalah because Mohammad would often practice meditation, not something common to Orthodox Judaism....

As far as Muslims on a whole having roots is earth religions, I am sure a few do just as some Christians combine Voodoo and what not into their beliefs (Santeria), or those that consider themselves Wiccans and what not still follow teachings of Christ. If anything Muslim's would be more likely to have hermetic Judaism traits more than anything else though.

~Interesting question by the way.

Answer 3

The answer is no it did not originate from pagans. And for Christians who think so, then can anyone please explain to me why Christmas is December 25th when it is not Jesus' birthday but really an old pagan holiday?

Answer 4

People of many main religions were originally pagans and incorporate a lot pagan elements in their current religions to this day. People of ancient Arabia were pagans.
Perhaps you should check this out:

"On Muhammad's pagan backgrounds, F. E. Peters wrote:

According to a famous, though much edited, tradition, it was young Muhammad who was the pagan and Zayd ibn Amr who was the monotheist. Peters also quoted Zayd ibn Haritha, who is said to have narrated the following story to his son:
The Prophet slaughtered a ewe for one of the idols (nusub min al-ansab); then he roasted it and carried it with him. … (Muhammad and the Origins of Islam, p. 126).
While preaching the oneness of God, Muhammad continued, in one form or another, to venerate the idols-up to the time he conquered Mecca-when all the idols housed inside and outside the Ka'aba he had finally destroyed."

If you want more, just google: pagan mohammad

Answer 5

No, the Pagans were extremely unhappy with the message of Islam because it threatened their Pagan lifestyle. Islam is Monotheistic, it orders it's followers not to associate anything/anyone God. It's the call to the worship of the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, David, ..etc (pbut). Mohammed's was not pagan and his father died before he got to see him. His family did not influence him spiritually and one of his uncles was the biggest enemy Him and Islam. Read the Quran , even one chapter it's all praise for the One God creator of everything. It confirms the previous messengers and their holy books and is God's final words of guidence to mankind.

Answer 6

You may say so. Originally most of people were Pagans, later they started worshipping one God.

Answer 7

They are the decendants of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham. God promised Hagar (Ishmael's mother) that from him would also come a great nation (since he was the son of Abraham). Isaac was Abraham's second son (which was born of Sarah), but he was treated as the firstborn. Both Ishmael and Isaac (father of Esau and Jacob) were present at Abraham's burial and both 'tribes' at that point seemed to be living peacefully, but apart.

BTW, God later changed Jacob's name to Israel, and he fathered the twelve tribes of Israel, of which the jews are just one tribe.

The family history goes on and on and on...it's worth reading about.

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Actually, if you look at history, the nordics were the most pagan people. The nordics were nomads that lived in Eastern Europe and were the ones that spread through to the West, England and centuries later migrated to America. Of course, by that time they had grouped all the favoured religions of the zones they conquered and almgamated them into one big story.
Think of it this way, if a bear were born in the North Pole, climate, conditions and surroundings made it white, where if it were born in hotter climates, the same mammal turned brown. The nomads from the cold North, Eastern Europe were white and they spread to zones that didn't suit them, ergo the skin cancer problems of today. Slowly the white skin is becoming darker through each generation. It might take many millenia, but one day all hot-climate dwellers will adapt their skin to that climate.
So, what has that got to do with Muslims? Exactly the same as putting pagan & mohammed in the same sentence- no relevance at all.
"Born to ‘Abdu’llah ibn ‘Abdu’l-Muttalib, Muhammad was initially a merchant, and had often retreated to a cave on a mountain outside Mecca called Hira, for contemplation. Muslims believe that in the year 610, when Muhammad was about forty, he was visited in the cave by the Angel Gabriel who commanded him to recite verses sent by God. These first verses started:"READ, in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created man out of a germ-cell" and continued through the end of Prophet's life. The Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad over a period of about twenty-three years until his death."

Much like calling Jesus an infidel because he wasn't Jewish, or didn't abide by Jewish rule (which wasn't the Jewish we know of today).

"He expanded his mission as a prophet, publicly preaching strict monotheism and warning of a Day of Judgment when all humans shall be held responsible for their deeds. He did not reject Judaism and Christianity, two other monotheistic faiths known to the Arabs, but said that he had been sent by God in order to complete and perfect those teachings."

He wasn't crucified but much like Socrates he was expelled from his community.
"Many in Mecca resented his preaching and persecuted him and his followers. Eventually, in 622, he was forced to move out of Mecca in a journey known to Muslims as the Hijra (the Migration). He settled in the area of Yathrib (now known as Medina) with his followers, where he was the leader of the first avowedly Muslim community."

Answer 9

Muhammad is the son of Abd Allah, but his genealogy goes back as far as Adnan, whom the northern Arabs believed to be their common ancestor. Adnan in turn is said to have been a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham, who is in the Christian bible.

ps - what is your definition of a pagan? Just because someone doesn't believe what you do doesn't make them pagan.

Answer 10

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all started from the same faith according to the Old Testament.