What is the role of the person of Muhammad in Islamic thought?

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What is the role of the person of Muhammad in Islamic thought?

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Islam came into existence when the Sharia (Laws) of God needed redelivering one final time through a worthy Prophet’s Hadith (Stories of him) making up his Sunna (example of Muhammad we should follow) and the Qur'an’s Sharia. Though the Qur'an is a valuable source for the laws and opinions of Allah to a certain extent it is unable to substantially cover all the possible moral contingencies and thus by understanding Allah’s perfect man one can gain the appropriate knowledge so that on the day of Judgement Allah might accept them into Heaven.

The source of Muhammad’s life and times, up to and including his revelations at the age of 40 in 610CE, is found in these Hadiths which in turn must be validated by substantial Isnads (tracing of sources for validity purposes). It is God’s will that we follow this sinless man (Isma) as well as the scripture he has been entrusted to bring.

With in the scheme of time of the monotheistic religions which all start at the word of the first prophet Adam, Muhammad delivers by way of the Qur'an and his Sunna to the Muslims the last in the essential Articles of Faith and messages from God. The Articles of Faith are; Suhoof(pages) of Ibrahim(Abraham), Taurat (Torah) as revealed to Prophet Moses, Zuboor (Psalms) as revealed to Prophet David, and Ingieel (Evangel) as revealed to Prophet Jesus (Phuh). The Torah is the essence of the Jewish religion, the Christians take Jesus’ gospel to be the final messenger of God and the Muslims in turn believe Muhammad is the last in this line of Prophets putting, naturally, a massive importance on his life and Sunna as well as the Qur'an itself.

By first explaining how Muhammad is an ideal candidate for being a Prophet I will go on to show how his word and Hadith create the foundation of a religion which spread faster then any other. The influence of such a religion was to spread through Spain, North Africa, the Caucasus, Northwest China and even the religio-politically well established Indian Continent.

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Fundamental Islamic theology can be surmised in five essential points; 1) Allah is the one and only true God. Muhammad for a long time had issues with the polytheistic and idolatrise religious culture that was present at the time and thus professes the appropriateness of his candidacy.

2) All of God’s messengers must be heard and adhered to.

3) It is stressed that even the Torah and the Gospel (not Bible) be understood as revelation of God’s will.

4) Belief in Angels: This is essential as it is the angel Gabriel who plays an integral part in the beginning of ...

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