Formation of the social bond among Muslims in Early Islam

In Jahiliyya, namely in the pre-Islamic period, there were several strongly established traditions to be able to protect the rights of people and to enable the security in Arabian peninsula in which there was no central authority and jurisprudence. The biggest determinant factor which led to maintain these traditions among the society was the notion of asabiyya. The tie of blood and tribe was higher than every other bond in the society. Even sometimes the tribes were fighting with each other for years just to take revenge of one of their members who was killed by the other tribe. However, through the coming of Islam, it is seen that these cornerstones of the society began to change. On the contrary to the tradition of Jahiliyya, Islam required the bond of faith rather than the bond of blood as the determinant element for the society. And it is seen that this transformation was one of the main challenges of the new society which was consisted of the believers to their previous community. Throughout the era of the Prophet, various events and cases had caused this newly formed bond to develop gradually among the believers in terms of both political and social level.