sunnah
Analysis of the Sunnah, traditional Islamic practices, and their theological significance.
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[Part 3] Analyzing the Deification of Muhammad Within Muslim Tradition Sam Shamoun We now move into the next phase of our examination. Here we want to primarily focus on the Islamic traditions in order to see how Muslims have transformed the mere human Muhammad into a divine figure. Unless noted
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Islam’s Other god The Muslim Deification of Muhammad [Part 1] Sam Shamoun Purpose of this series Many Muslims have been taught, and sincerely believe, that they belong to the most purely monotheistic religion on earth. We have scrutinized Muslim source materials (Quran, ahadith, and Muslim "devotional literature"
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A Summation Of The Islamic Teaching Concerning Jesus And Muhammad Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun Introduction In the following articles, The Quran Agrees: Jesus is the most Exalted of all The Quran Also Agrees: Jesus Is the Most High! Mary in the Islamic Perspective: Additional Proof for Jesus’ Superiority over the
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Sam Shamoun We arrive at the final part of our analysis of Muhammad’s teaching regarding the issue of supplication. As we saw, the Islamic sources transmit two different and contradictory teachings from Muhammad concerning the permissibility of invoking someone other than Allah for help. On the one hand, there
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Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. The same exact hadith corpus claim that Muhammad informed his followers that supplications/invocations are the very essence of worship: 296. The excellence of supplication 712. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet said, "Nothing is dearer to Allah than supplication.
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Sam Shamoun One of the criteria that the Quran gives to test whether it is from God is to see if it contains any contradictions: Do they not then consider the Quran carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. S. 4:
Bart D. Ehrman Proves Muhammad is a false prophet Pt. 2b Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where left off by focusing on the second part of the Christ hymn. Christ’s Post-Resurrection Exaltation to the Status, Glory and Honor of Yahweh In the second half of the hymn or poem, the focus shifts on God’s response to Jesus’ willing submission
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Sam Shamoun In this second part to our series concerning the views of liberal scholar and Bible critic Bart D. Ehrman, we will be examining Ehrman’s views on Philippians 2:5-11, also known as the Carmen Christi (“A Hymn of Christ”), thus called because many scholars believe that this