uswah

Islam

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description of Muhammad

  • Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
    In Muhammad: Status in the Qurʾān and in post-Qurʾānic Islam of Muhammad

    …Muhammad as an “exemplar” (uswah) to the believers (33:21). Such pronouncements form an important impetus for the later view that the “custom” (sunnah) of Muhammad holds normative significance for all Muslims and that in working out God’s commandments Islamic scholars are to rely on Prophetic precedent to supplement and…

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