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Weekend trading in Mushaqqar, a city famous in Hijar held from 1-30 Jumadi al Awwal lasts a month or full. Hijar is one of the provinces of Bahrain at the time of Prophet Muhammad. Bahrain is located in the eastern part of Peninsular Arabia, emphasized the word with Musnad Ahmad, on the beach that stretches from the Persian Gulf Basra Strait of Hormuz to the broader Bahrain at this time. The people that live in this province are descendants of the tribe of Banu Qais Abdul. Bahrain on the Messenger of Allah. consisting of three provinces, namely Hijar (now called Al-Hasa is located in Saudi Arabia), Al-Katt (now named Al-Qatif also located in Saudi Arabia) and Home (now the region is called Bahrain). First name used until the eighth century, the name taken from a sesembahan idols used by the residents in these islands before the arrival of Islam. Home worship center called Muharraq.

People of Bahrain are among the first people who embrace Islam. People embrace Islam in Bahrain, 629 (seven years to hijriah). Messenger ruled Bahrain through its representative, Al-Ala'a Al-Hadhrami. When hundreds of messengers came after the Islamic victory in the city Mecca, one of them Qais Abdul, came to the Prophet. Next, ask them to call and tell their leaders, namely Al-Ashajj. When facing, the Prophet also submit various questions, about the residents of various cities and their affairs. In particular, the Prophet also mentioned the names of Sofa, Musyaqqar, Hijar and several other cities. Their leader Al-Ashajj, very impressed with the extensive knowledge of the Prophet about his country that he says "father and mother will sacrifice for the sake of you, because you know more than a lesson about their own and I know the names of more cities in our country than that we know. "Even the Prophet to know people of Bahrain customs, way of life of the population of Bahrain, the way they drink and how they eat. This shows that the Prophet visited Bahrain many times. Prophet visits to Bahrain, is estimated between the ages of 18 to 25 years. In this period the Prophet Abu Talib request to run their own businesses in order to alleviate bebannya, because Abu Talib is not so rich and must fend big family. Based on this entire trip to the Prophet neighboring countries is the travel business (Afzalurrahman, 1982).

At the time of Bahrain under the Islamic government have no effect on trade and sustainable prosperity rely on the market in Mesopotamia. After developing into the central Baghdad government of Islam, Bahrain, a big gain with increasing demand for the development of foreign goods, especially from China and South Asia. Bahrai become a major hub of knowledge from the beginning of Islam (the sixth century) until the ninth century.

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