Key Points
He was so good a trader that the richest woman in Mecca, a widow, decided to marry him..
The trader-mystic said these were false gods; the one true god has no form; his message is about social codes of conduct, not magic; that one true god was venerated by the monotheist Jews and Christians too..
So when Muhammad's rich wife died, and he lost the protection of her influence, he was driven out of Mecca, He took refuge in the city of Medina, created a network of political allies through marriage, and was forced to become a raider of Meccan caravans, until he forced a peace treaty that enabled trading once more...
Like a good trader, who took many risks travelling across deserts and seas, with goods to distant markets, the Prophet valued investments and equity but did not like money lending and debt..
Eventually the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English mercantile power overwhelmed the Islamic world, and we are now following the raiding models of the East India Company, where neighbouring countries are seen as resources to be plundered, not people to be helped...
