Islam: The Complete Way of Life? Summary As understood by Muslims, the life and sayings of Muhammad are the final revelation of Allah's will for human conduct. For them, Muhammad is the perfect revealed standard for all human activity, and Muslims believe...
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Islam: The Complete Way of Life? Summary As understood by Muslims, the life and sayings of Muhammad are the final revelation of Allah's will for human conduct. For them, Muhammad is the perfect revealed standard for all human activity, and Muslims believe that Islam to be the only complete Way of Life. The table below seeks to capture this concept by showing that all aspects of a Muslim's life are subsumed under the authority of Muhammad's sayings and behavior. First, Table 1 is titled, Muhammad: Human Rights and Duties, to indicate that, according to Islam, Muhammad has defined all human rights and duties. Second, because Muslims believe that no one has knowledge of Allah's will apart from Muhammad's Sunnah and Qur'an, Muhammad (dark-green bar) comes between Allah (dark-blue bar) and the list of the Human Rights and Duties. This illustrates that Allah and his will are unknown except through Muhammad and his revelations. The Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights states too that
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