![]() ![]() Sensing a threat, Mecca’s merchants and leaders offered Muhammad incentives to abandon his preaching, but he refused. This was especially true for members of Muhammad’s own tribe, the Quraysh, who were the guardians of the Kaaba. Besides going against long standing beliefs, the condemnation of idol worship had economic consequences for merchants who catered to the thousands of pilgrims who came to Mecca every year. However, when his message condemned idol worship and polytheism, many of Mecca’s tribal leaders began to see Muhammad and his message as a threat. Most people in Mecca either ignored him or mocked him as just another prophet. Soon, Muhammad began to gather a small following, initially encountering no opposition. Islamic tradition holds that the first persons to believe were his wife, Khadija and his close friend Abu Bakr (regarded as the successor to Muhammad by Sunni Muslims).
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