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core text of Islam (Alex_Odeychuk); fundamental text of Islam (Alex_Odeychuk); Islam's core text (Alex_Odeychuk) |
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Islam's textual cano (three authoritative texts which define Islam: the Quran, the Hadith, and the Sira. These three texts can be called the Trilogy. The Quran is a part of the Trilogy, only 14% of the total words, of the doctrine that is Islam. The text devoted to the Sunna (Sira and Hadith) is 86% of the total textual doctrine of Islam. Within Islam, a Muslim is one who follows or attempts to follow the rules and way of life laid out in the Trilogy. While there are dilettante Muslims who pass themselves off as moderates because they perform the basic rituals (sometimes known as the Five Pillars), these are not what people in the Islamic world understand as Muslims. Real Muslims are those who understand Islam and practice it in the way it was practiced b) |
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core Islamic texts (Alex_Odeychuk); Islam's textual canon (three authoritative texts which define Islam: the Quran, the Hadith, and the Sira. These three texts can be called the Trilogy. The Quran is only a part of the Trilogy, only 14% of the total words, of the doctrine that is Islam. The text devoted to the Sunna (Sira and Hadith) is 86% of the total textual doctrine of Islam. Within Islam, a fully practicing Muslim is one who follows or attempts to follow the rules and way of life laid out in all the Trilogy, rather than performs the basic rituals only (sometimes known as the Five Pillars). Fully practicing Muslims are those who understand Islam and practice it in the way it was practiced by Muhammad, the founder of Islam Alex_Odeychuk) |
