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The sunna of Muhammad

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Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Aug 20, 2009 at 07:20

Vijay wrote

For Muslims, apart from Sunnah or theological matters, Mohammed is the Ideal Man, Mohammed is the Archetypal Muslim. Prophet Mohammed has stamped his character on Muslims - which is oppurtunistic in most matters. So, Muslims can always find a theological justification for any other their prejudices or crimes.

You are very correct. Following the sunna of Muhammad or sunnat al-nabi means the habitual, norm. customary procedure or action of Muhammad as conveyed to us in his sira (biography) and in the hadith (see Lisan al-3Arab dictionary) so when you see Muslims from India and Pakistan with their henna stained beards and shaved moustaches and shalwar qamees (and the funny thing here is this look is very alien to the Arabs) but this is what they believe Muhammad would have looked like

Now early on the extant literary sources tell us about different types of sunnas (sunnan) including sunat allah (the sunna of Allah) sunat ibrahim (the sunna of Ibrahim) sunat 3Issa (the sunna of Jesus) the sunna of the region etc....and like anything in the history of any religion "at the end of the day: orthodoxy always wins" and this is why all the other sunnas (Arabic sunnan) just disapeared and you will only find them in the old extant literary sources of islam. And now we are only left with the sunna of Muhammad who was regarded by the orthodoxy as al-rajil al-kamil or the complete (read this as ideal) man

So the question now is what does all this mean? Well to imitate Muhammad is no more than stepping in the mosque by using your right foor first and it is about using your right hand to eat and left to clean one's rear end. So it is all about orthopraxy that is attributed to Muhammad and not any more and if he cursed the Jews then they can also curse the Jews too and if he was an Arabian warlord and caravan riader then they can do the same not out of malice but out of sheer desire to imitate him.

Now does this translate as: Allah would love you more if you imitate Muhammad? Not really as we are also told by the tradition that all Muslims, Muhammad included, after death would have to suffer from what is called 3azab al-qabr or the torture in the grave and I will leave this to your imagination. And on the day of judgment not even those that follow the sunna of Muhammad have a guarantee of going to Allah's little heaven. So why have the sunna of Muhammad? Because islam is about orthopraxy and no more. There is nothing spritual about Islam

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Strict Punishment [55 words]melvin polatnickJun 25, 2010 11:40174823
och the game of those naughty naughty infidel!! [65 words]seraphimeJun 21, 2010 03:58174612
If pulling other people tooths considered sharia, that's bs.... [52 words]FajriAug 24, 2009 23:44160609
freedom in Islam? [154 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 26, 2009 17:18160609
Blind following of any doctrine is a path to disaster. [233 words]GeorgePSep 4, 2009 04:28160609
Sharia Law is a set of laws [169 words]FajriSep 5, 2009 00:16160609
freedom in following Islam [95 words]FajriSep 5, 2009 00:31160609
sharia IS for losers [353 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanSep 8, 2009 05:49160609
get over it [248 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanSep 8, 2009 06:04160609
Sharia is an excuse for theft [125 words]EdwinJun 18, 2010 09:27160609
Malaysia - new frontier of Islamism [820 words]VijayAug 21, 2009 03:07160482
Dentistry, a new profession under Shari'a! [39 words]M.D.Aug 19, 2009 16:45160432
Islam running rampant [99 words]Rebecca MouldsAug 17, 2009 09:42160312
See a connection? [15 words]anonymousAug 16, 2009 12:00160261
Islam at its best ? Islam at its worse ? , no, ..Islam at its average ! [134 words]Phil GreendAug 14, 2009 10:23160198
false of daniel pipes [49 words]imySep 8, 2009 19:11160198
imy's claim... [29 words]KlewSep 9, 2009 00:18160198
Very Well said, Phil- about this islam. [39 words]SvetSep 9, 2009 03:10160198
Another victim of Arabian imperialism and ignorance [373 words]dhimmi no moreSep 9, 2009 07:13160198
Well, this is not surprising. [163 words]LynnAug 13, 2009 08:23160144
Am I surprised ? Not at all ! [98 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 13, 2009 04:51160138
Delcambre [98 words]VijayAug 14, 2009 06:15160138
to follow the Sunna of Mohammed [58 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 14, 2009 22:09160138
the way forward? [340 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 15, 2009 00:38160138
Ideal Muslim [48 words]VijayAug 16, 2009 13:50160138
doing as Muhammad said, not as he did [249 words]the Grand Infidel of KafiristanAug 16, 2009 17:24160138
doing as Muhammad said AND as he did ! [46 words]Anne-Marie DelcambreAug 16, 2009 21:09160138
The sunna of Muhammad [446 words]dhimmi no moreAug 20, 2009 07:20160138
the sunna of muhammad [758 words]muhammadFeb 26, 2010 09:35160138
There is nothing spiritual about Islam [413 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 27, 2010 07:48160138
There is nothing spiritual about Islam [1115 words]muhammadFeb 28, 2010 12:38160138
Our dear Muhammad says that there is nothing spritual about Islam and cherry picking time [279 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 18:44160138
More cherry picking and this time our dear Muhammad al-tablighee says that he ain't no Arab in-spite of the fact that the Qur'an says that Islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only [277 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 19:31160138
More from our dear Muhammad [98 words]dhimmi no moreMar 1, 2010 19:35160138
Our dear Muhammad and his God says that al-tabligh wa al-da3wa al-islamiyya are against his doctrine of al-qada' wa al-qadr [501 words]dhimmi no moreMar 2, 2010 07:14160138
Gem time and our dear Muhammad and two for the price of one [384 words]dhimmi no moreMar 2, 2010 16:36160138
Our dear Muhammad and two for the price of one and it seems that Islamic da3wa is against Allah's will astaghfirullah part deux [217 words]dhimmi no moreMar 6, 2010 07:48160138
Respect [451 words]muhammadMar 10, 2010 08:29160138
Respect is earned now do you get it? [658 words]dhimmi no moreMar 13, 2010 17:58160138
no no no. respect is an attribute that YOU need to have [584 words]muhammadMar 13, 2010 21:02160138
A tablighee is a tablighee [34 words]dhimmi no moreMar 15, 2010 07:26160138
Our dear Muhammad has nothing to say right our dear Muhammad? [250 words]dhimmi no moreMar 15, 2010 18:40160138
Our dear Muhammad and the "Allah made me do it" and more cherry picking [235 words]dhimmi no moreMar 16, 2010 07:23160138
there is nothing to say about islam, but lots to say about you [508 words]muhammadMar 19, 2010 08:45160138
I thank Allah for making me a kafir big time [393 words]dhimmi no moreMar 20, 2010 18:35160138
More cherry picking time that islam is the religion of the Hijazi Arabs only and other sordid matters [791 words]dhimmi no moreMar 21, 2010 08:31160138
Cherry picking time and "Allah made me do it" [194 words]dhimmi no moreMar 21, 2010 08:51160138
i will spell it out for you [135 words]muhammadMar 22, 2010 08:49160138
Our dear Muhammad has nothing to say [153 words]dhimmi no moreMar 23, 2010 06:37160138
So what did we learn from you our dear Muhammad al-tablighee? [7 words]DaveJul 12, 2010 16:02160138

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