Following Muhammad, Chapter
3, The Sacred Sources of Islam
The
Seal of the Prophets
importance of Muhammad
"quest for historical Muhammad"
brief narrative or traditional account?
Emptiness of factual summaries
Hilya as a devotional icon
the Muhammads of faith
miniature illustrations of the ascension (mi'raj)
the Muhammad of authority: law and ethics
hadith, and debates over its authenticity
Shi`i concept of necessary guidance
philosophical concept of prophecy
Davani on divine light and ordinary humanity
changing concept of Muhammad
brief biography
Christian critiques
Ch. 4, Ethics and Life
in the World, pp.
108-119
Islamic
religious ethics
illustrative examples
Sunni-Shi`i differences
religious ethics
contents of hadith work
use of hadith in law and ethics
the breadth of religious ethics
Muhammad as the source of Islamic distinctiveness
Final question: in what different ways can a religious "founder"
function for later generations?