REL STD 5A Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ahmad Amin, Zoroastrianism, Ali Dashti
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Pakistani muslims became bible scholars, but it is the case that non-muslim westerners became/have become/are scholars of. They are masters of arabic and of the history of islam. It is the west that produced the scholarly techniques used on sacred scriptures. The problem: it can appear as if westerners with no emotional attachment to islam are undermining islam by scholarly critiques: but it"s not really the case western scholars of islam are very respectful of islam. So scholars bring caution to the biography of muhammad. had quoted the work. much. Many authentic collections accepted by sunni muslims. Muhammad died in 632: 870s (240 years later): bukhari, 870s (240 years later): hajjaj, 880s (250 years later): naja, 890s (260 years later): dawid, 890s (260 years later): tirmid, 910s (280 years later): nisai. Muhammad order to settle political, legal, and doctrinal rulings of later muslims: discrepancies in all the collections.