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The Central Islamic Lands
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Discuss Muhammad declaring himself as the messenger of God and ritual of worship propagated by him. 

Answer

Around 612, Muhammad declared himself to be the messenger (rasul) of God who had been commanded to preach that Allah alone should be worshipped.

The worship involved simple rituals, such as daily prayers (salat), and moral principales, such as distributing alms and abstaining from theft. Muhammad was to found a community of believers (umma) bound by a common set of religious beliefs.
The community would bear witness (shahada) to the existence of the religion before God as well as before members of other religious communities. Muhammad’s message particularly appealed to those Meccans who felt deprived of the gains from trade and religion and were looking for a new community identity.

Those who accepted the doctrine were called Muslims. They were promised salvation on the Day Judgement (qiyama) and a share of the resources of the community while on earth.

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