Yes they probably did ask.

Submitted by Peter Hall (Australia), Dec 2, 2011 at 19:44

Well Slayhy, Mohammed was questioned by a lot of people in his time, he was also run out of Mecca, he hid in caves, a hell of a lot of people thought he as a nutter. How did Mohammed react to this? Did he perform miracles? No, Mohammed never performed any miracles. Well to begin with he ran away, but when he started to get some followers he started to rob the people who doubted him, then when he has scared enough followers he just plain murdered those who questioned him. He even had a mother murdered in her sleep with a child in her bed because she wrote poetry that made him look like a fool. He must of been a bit of a fool if he was so laughed at that people wrote funny poetry about him. ...

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