Heritage
The pre-Islamic Arabia had a lot of emphasis on the heritage. Most communities believed that the most valuable treasures were part of the community’s heritage. That is, it was supposed to be passed to the next generations. The science which communities used was to bury treasure in the ground. It was common with kings in most after they died. This was a culture was which was mostly carried out by the most solid kingdoms of the pre-Islamic period. After the coming of Islam, the culture spread out to most of the kingdom that accepted Islam. It is depicted by Islamic writers such as Ya’qub al-Kindi and al-Maqrizi, who conencentrated more on how culture of burrying treasures spread in the arabian region. Additionally, they offered a method that could be used to retrieve the hidden treasures. Among the works which describe these traditions of preserving treasures is Sira (“Narrative” of the Prophet’s biography), which Ibn Ishaq wrote. It describes how the buried treasures that were buried in a pre-Islamic sanctuary in Mecca. In the narrative, it explains about the treasures that were discovered near zamzam. Abd al-Muttalib was excavating a well when he found various kinds of treasures that were traced to the old period. Among the treasures which were found include the scared precincts and the treasures such as the swords, armor and the gold artefacts. The treasures were believed to have been buried in the grave of the prominent leader in the region. The discovery led to an understanding that there was a widespread cultures of burying treasures to preserve heritage.
Other writers who who majored in the preservation of culture and heritage during the pre-Islamic period include the Shahab Ahmed who developed the posthumous magnus opus. His works are concerned on how the current muslim communities preserved their culture before the coming of Islam. Most of the traditions that these communities had were quickly absorbed into Islam. Ahmed explains that due to this, the life of these societies could be explained as ‘Muslim acting as muslims’. After Islam spread to other parts of the world, some of the past traditions for those communities also spread together. Traditions which spread together with Islam included the ‘Abrahamic’ traditions such as ‘Adam’s Peak’.