How did Islam change as it spread?

Answer 1

Islam was spread by many ways,

1- by sending Muslims to ask other people to covert to Islam

2- by Muslim Merchants who helped a lot by there generosity, honesty & loyalty

3- by non-Muslims who saw and dealt with true Muslims

Answer 2

*Original post*

Islam never did change. Didnt u hear about that??????????? Christinanity,Judaism, has all changed the bible was clear be4 like the Quran, but then people made modifications to it. Same with the book that Jews follow. Islam never changed and never will. It is the book of Allah. It is still clear and pure of modifications. Allhamdullilah

*Correction*

The Quaran has never changed (as we know), but the religion has been 'corrupted over time'. For example in the Islam change as it spread along African and Indian ocean trade routes. This process is similar to the dissemination of Christanity in Europe after Rome's fall. [Bysantine Empire and Kevian Russia were Orthodox, while Western Europe followed the Pope in Roman Catholicism] One change that comes in my mind is Attributes of Allah which seem to have changed from ealier Muslims to Mutazilites and to Asharis. Islam has remained mostly static in its philosophy. This can be argued though and I am not a religious expert. :)

side note: Corrupted sounds harsh, not intended.

Answer 3

The religion of Islam spread by Prophet MUhammad (saw). he went on "the night journey" where there, he spread Islam and many followed.in fact, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. i would know because iam a muslim, thank u allah.

Answer 4

Islam spread quickly due to a number of factors. It is notable that although there are a few occurrences of Muslims carrying out the "Convert or Die" scenario, this is not the most common reason for Islam's expansion both in terms of territory and belief.

1) Arabia - What's that?: Prior to Muhammad, Arabia had been seen as a cultural and political backwater barely worth notice and therefore Muhammad's consolidation of the Arab Tribes was not seriously considered by the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires. This lead to a very porous southern defense and miscalculation of the Islamic Armies.

2) Byzantine-Sassanian Wars: Since the Byzantines and Sassanians considered each other the only real civilizations in the region, they fought each other numerous times in the early 600s C.E. over control of what is today East Turkey and Iraq. These were intense religious wars (Christian vs. Zoroastrian) and greatly weakened both empires at just the wrong time.

3) Tribal Command Structure: Arab Tribes and warriors owed their loyalty to their Sheikhs and leaders without fault because the Sheikh provided each person with all of the amenities and protection necessary to live a full life. Whenever the Arabs went to war, the Sheikhs could count on the ability to muster their tribesmen as soldiers without issue.

4) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.

5) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).

6) Warfare: The leaders charged with expanding the influence of Islam were thoughtful and diligent military leaders. Caliph 'Omar, who conquered much of the Levant, Egypt, Persia, and Iraq was well-known as a strategist and a fighter. It was this knowledge of warfare that allowed Muslim forces to expand the territory's influence.

7) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions.

8) Commerce: Islam, like most religions, spread also through peaceful means of commerce and education whereby non-Muslims learned of the faith and adopted as their own amidst business dealings with Muslims. This happened especially in maritime cities like Zanzibar or Aceh whose primary source of wealth was trading with Muslims.

Answer 5

Like all other Faiths, Charge from country to country, and as time goes.

In the real world, No Faith can escape this.