Prophet Muhammad

In the Islamic world

He lives 571-632. Spiders are still given special respect by Muslims. More than 1400 years ago, a web spinner helped the Prophet of Allah. When the Quraish wanted to kill the Prophet Muhammad he hid in the cave near Mecca called Thaur. The Meccans sent out many people to search for the Prophet. These men searched everywhere. They even came near the cave where the Prophet was hiding, but Allah did not let them find the Prophet.
Two doves had built a nest at the entrance of the cave. A spider had made its web across it too. Tradition says that when Muhammad's enemies came to the mouth of the cave, they saw that it was completely covered by an elaborate spider web. Assuming that no human being could have entered the cave without disturbing the spider web, and knowing that no spider could weave such a web in the short time that was available to it before they came to the cave mouth, Muhammad's enemies did not enter the cave, and Muhammad remained alive and well. After three days when his enemies, having looked everywhere, gave up hope of capturing him and returned to Mecca, he left the cave and set out for Yathrib. The people of Yathrib, whose leaders had already accepted the message of the Prophet and sworn allegiance to him, accepted him with open arms and placed their lives and property at his disposal.