The fair character and honorable bearings of the unobtrusive...

The fair character and honorable bearings of the unobtrusive youth won the approbation of his fellow-citizens; and he received the title, by common consent, of Al-Amin, ‘the Faithful.' Thus respected and honored, Mohammed lived a quiet and retired life in the family of Abu Talib. (Life of Mohammed, 1877, p. 20) When Muhammad was twenty years old, a war broke out between Quraysh, his tribe, and the tribe of Hawazin.

Though he was present in the campaigns of this war, he did not take any part in fighting. He did not kill or wound anyone, thus showing at this early period, his hatred of bloodshed. He is, however, said to have picked up arrows from the ground, and to have given them to his uncles who were fighting. A few years later, Muhammad was admitted as a member into the League of the Virtuous . As mentioned earlier, this League…