But the legacy of the Prophet, may peace be upon him, truly is magnificent.
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Islamic law bans any depiction of the prophet, and Muslims consider likenesses of Mohammed blasphemous.
The Koran and the sayings of the prophet Muhammad do not definitively address this issue.
In 2006, riots erupted in many Muslim countries over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.
Carved in stone at the entrance is a relief of the prophet Isaiah.
Islam generally forbids any depiction of the prophet -- even favorable ones -- fearing that may lead to idolatry.
Bangladesh is a moderate Islamic country, where Bengali culture is championed as much as the teachings of the Prophet.
Ibn Qudama also related that all of the companions of the Prophet agreed on the legitimacy of legal representation.
Al-Azhar (which means the "most flourishing and resplendent" in English) was named after Fatima al-Zahraa, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
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One of the most notable shrines is the Sayida Zeinab, which Shiites believe houses the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed's granddaughter, Zeinab.
This is what Jews - but not most Christians and Muslims here - believe to be the burial site of the Prophet Joseph.
The evidence for this is the apostasy of some in the time of the Prophet (PBUH), on whom the ruling was not carried out.
The shrine marks the burial spot of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in battle nearby in 680.
One of the events was on the life of the Prophet Mohammed, and the other course was on the first chapter of the Koran.
Karbala is where Muslim martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali -- grandson of the prophet Mohammed -- was killed and entombed more than 1, 300 years ago.
And this was not detrimental to the companions of the prophet.
Late one October evening, I flew into Urfa, the city believed by Turkish Muslims to be the Ur of the Chaldeans, the birthplace of the prophet Abraham.
Against the background of pundits worrying about a clash of civilisations, the descendant of the Prophet Muhammad has spent much of the past week schmoozing evangelical Christians.
The Bible recounts a famous prediction of doom about 2, 500 years ago for Tyre--then the capital of Lebanon--courtesy of the prophet Ezekiel, in the book named for him.
The holy day commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and one of the most revered Shiite figures.
One chilly night, I went to Sayyida Zainab, a neighborhood centered around the shrine of the sister of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet and the central martyr of Shiism.
For edicts to carry divine imprimatur, they must be unambiguously stated in the Koran or sunna (the body of literature that includes the sayings and biography of the prophet).
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More often seen on doors across North Africa and the Middle East, Fatima's hand is believed to ward off evil spirits and is named after the compassionate daughter of the Prophet Mohammed.
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"At the time of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, it was practised widely, especially when men were travelling away from home on business or at war, " he said.
In 656, Caliph Uthman, the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet, was assassinated at his home in Medina (now Saudi Arabia) by besieging Muslim rebels from Mesopotamia.
Most of them have forgotten that the words of the Prophet contain enough injunctions against ostentatious burials to make clear that headstones, let alone mausoleums, are out for the truly devout.
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