The Arab traders did not by any means proselytize, but merely practiced their beliefs themselves. Many settled in China and took Chinese wives, and their offspring became the first native Chinese Muslims.
作生意的阿拉伯穆斯林（伊斯蘭信徒）貿易商也並未對外傳教，只是本身遵循著所守的清規戒律，他們中有不少在中國落戶，娶中國女子為妻，後代便是最早的中國回教徒。