PROPHET MUHAMMAD: The Messenger of Peace

they had left everything behind. So the first important thing the Prophet had to do was settle them in their new surroundings. The solution to this problem was found in the concept of brotherhood in Islam. The Prophet collected the Muslims and suggested that one Ansari Madinan Muslim and one refugee Makkan Muslim should become linked together as two brothers. They immediately accepted the suggestion of the Prophet. Each Ansari took one Makkan Muslim as his brother. This bond between the two became even more powerful than a blood relationship. The Ansari gave his Makkan brother half of his possessions—house, land, money and other belongings. THE PROPHET’S MOSQUE The next most important task for the Prophet was to build a mosque. This mosque was built on the land he had bought from the orphans. It had mud walls and a roof of palm leaves. Huts were built right next to the mosque for the Prophet’s family.