There is a great range of views concerning Muhammad, from a regard for him as a hero and founder, whose example lives on in the memory of his………………………….. , all the way to elaborate ideas of his perfection and continu­ing influence.

Islamic tradition records a deep and meaningful relationship, based on love and mutual respect. Fatima was Muhammad’s strongest and most faithful supporter, believing in his call to prophethood even before he did. She was the first convert to Islam and supported his ministry, even through times of persecution and starvation. During their twenty-five year marriage, Muhammad had no other wives.  Although he married a number of women after her death, he always upheld Fatima as an exemplary wife and Companion referring to her as one of the four perfect women in Islam. The honorific Companion refers to Muhammad’s male and female followers during his lifetime.

The nurse observes a patient wearing the oxygen delivery device pictured. Which does the nurse identify as a problem needing immediate correction?

The two—prophet and book—are inextricably bound up in each other in a manner perhaps unduplicated by any other. 

Symbolically, the Night Journey placed Islam within the Abrahamic traditions. It connected Islam to Judaism and Christianity, marked Mecca as a sacred city in Islam, and further placed Muhammad within the prophetic tradition, albeit at the top as the “seal of the prophets.”

In Islamic tradition, what does it mean that Muhammad is considered the “Seal of the Prophets”?

Another leading collector of hadith was the Baghdad jurisconsult Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, who was active in the generation after Malik. He was a stubbornly orthoprax Muslim who spent long periods in prison and was beaten for his rejection of the “rationalist” theological views of the Mu’tazilites, who were favored at court as the empire’s official school. Ahmad is said to have memorized a million hadiths, which he used to develop yet another law school, which bears his name. Ibn Hanbal compiled a collec­tion of hadith called the Musnad, so-called because it is arranged according to the isndds of specific companions.

What is the underlying theme of the quote: “The Muslims move heavenward through Muhammad, whereas the Christians receive their Lord in his earthward condescension, which later moves toward an ascension.”

In pre-Islamic Arabia, different approaches to religion attracted different people for different reasons. Monotheism was attractive because it was personalized and local. Local holy men, deities, shrines, stories, and religious practices formed the center of small-scale community life.

According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad was born in 570 CE in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and was called to prophethood in 610 CE at the age of forty.