To which religious group did Muhammed belong in his childhood?

by bagelfest

Jesus, founder of Christianity, was Jewish. What was Muhammed raised to believe before he began his prophethood?

CptBuck

You may be interested in these previous discussions of the same question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2ufje7/what_would_have_been_muhammads_religion_before_he/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28n21d/ama_preislamic_arabia/cici0qv

as /u/riskbreaker2987 noted one of the biggest problems with answering this is the lack of reliable documentary sources to support the traditional narrative of the religious sources.