Holy Prophet Muhammad and His Teachings — Page 15
15 ed by his relatives and the latter used to fill the chamber in which Zubair was confined with smoke, in order to make him recant, but he remained firm and did not cease to profess his faith. A new form of persecution was invented by the mother of another young Muslim. Sho refused to take any food till he reverted to the faith of his ancestors. He replied that he was willing to obey his parents in all temporal matters, but that he could not obey them contrary to the pleasure of God, as the allegiance which he owed to God was highor than that which he owed to his parents. . In short, with the exception of Abu Bakr and Khadeeja, those who believed in the Holy. Prophet, in the beginning, wore all young men between fifteen and twenty-five years of age, It may be said that Muhammad, being an orphan, had from an early age learnt to carve out his own path, and that when God raised him to prophethood, the first who gathered round him were young people. With reference to its early history, therefore, Islam may be described as the religion of the young.