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Describe the teachings of Muhammad.
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Solution
Some of the main teachings of Prophet Muhammad are the following:
- God is one and he is all powerful, all wise and all merciful.
- Idol worship is a curse and everybody should shirk doing it.
- The Koran is a Divine book and its authority is unquestionable.
- Islam believes that sinners will go to hell and the good and faithful will go to heaven.
- All men are equal and there is no question of superiority of inferiority.
- The Prophet enjoined upon his followers to perform the five duties of ‘Raima’, ‘Namaz’, ‘Zaqaat’, ‘Ramzan’ and ‘Haji’.
- One must treat the slaves kindly and leniently.
- The women should be given kind treatment but they must observe ‘purdah’.
- One must abstain from drinking, gambling etc. and practise justice and respect for elders.
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