Muslims believe these depictions lead to sculptural pieces, which then leads to worship of that sculpture or " idol ".

A Shia sect of Muslims believe that it will be found by Mahdi near the end of times from Lake Tiberias.

Sunni Muslims believe and confirm that Muhammad's father-in-law Abu Bakr was chosen by the community and that this was the proper procedure.

Shi ' a Muslims believe that Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, should have replaced Muhammad as Caliph and that Caliphs were to assume authority through appointment by God rather than being chosen by the people.

In the Qur ' an, it is stated that ( 2: 62 ): " Surely, those who believe, those who are Muslims, Jewish, the Christians, and the Sabians ; anyone who ( 1 ) believes in GOD, and ( 2 ) believes in the Last Day, and ( 3 ) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord.

The Qur ' an gives clear instruction on many issues, such as how to perform the ritual purification before the obligatory daily prayers, but on other issues, some Muslims believe the Qur ' an alone is not enough to make things clear.

For example the Qur ' an states one needs to engage in daily prayers and fast during the month of Ramadan but some Muslims believe they need further instructions on how to perform these duties.

antichrist ), according to Islamic tradition contained within the sahih ( correct ) hadith ( records of traditions ), which Muslims believe to be authentic and reliable narratives of the sayings and practices of Muhammad.

Islamists have asked the question, " If Islam is a way of life, how can we say that those who want to live by its principles in legal, social, political, economic, and political spheres of life are not Muslims, but Islamists and believe in Islamism, not Islam?

Many Muslims believe as Saudi Prince Saud al Faisal did that the hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth obtained from the Persian Gulf's huge oil deposits were nothing less than a gift from God to the Islamic faithful.

" Despite Afghanistan's great poverty, they had little interest in social, economic and technological development – at one time explaining that " we Muslims believe God the Almighty will feed everybody one way or another.

Elsewhere in the Qur ' an, Isaac is mentioned in lists: Joseph follows the religion of his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ( XII: 38 ) and speaks of God's favor to them ( XII: 6 ); Jacob's sons all testify their faith and promise to worship the God that their forefathers, " Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac ", worshiped ( II: 127 ); and the Qur ' an commands Muslims to believe in the revelations that were given to " Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Patriarchs " ( II: 136 ; III: 84 ).

A 2007 survey of British Muslims showed that 61 % believe homosexuality should be illegal, with up to 71 % young British Muslims holding this belief.

Muslims believe that Allah ( God ) will hold every human, Muslim and non-Muslim, accountable for his or her deeds at a preordained time unknown to man.

Muslims also believe in " the punishment of the grave ," which supposedly takes place between death and the resurrection.

Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that Jacob was blessed by God as a prophet and, therefore, Muslims believe that his father, being a prophet as well, also knew of his son's greatness.

Muslims also believe Joshua to be the " attendant " of Moses mentioned in the Qur ’ ān, before Moses meets Khidr.

Muslims believe that God is eternal, transcendent, absolutely one ( the doctrine of tawhid, or strict or simple monotheism ), and incomparable ; that he is self-sustaining, who begets not nor was begotten.

Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed at many times and places before, including through the prophets Abraham, Moses and Jesus.

Thus, in Surah 3: 52 of the Qur ' an, Jesus ’ disciples tell Jesus, " We believe in God ; and you be our witness that we are Muslims ( wa-shahad be anna muslimūn ).

Muslims believe that this is just one of the many signs that proves that Jesus is the Messiah.

The Qur ' an states Jesus the Son of Mary ( Arabic: Isa ibn Maryum ) is the Messiah or " Prophet " sent to the Jews, and Muslims believe Jesus is alive in Heaven and will return to Earth to defeat the Antichrist ( Arabic: Dajjal ).

Mainstream Muslims believe that at that time Isa will dispel Christian and Jewish claims about him.

Quotes from the Quran and Hadith were used by Muslims in the Kuomintang-controlled Muslim publication, the Yuehua, to justify Chiang Kai-shek's rule over China.

The overwhelming majority of Muslims consider hadith to be essential supplements to and clarifications of the Quran, Islam's holy book, as well as in clarifying issues pertaining to Islamic jurisprudence.

The Quran, however, never uses the term Jihad for fighting and combat in the name of Allah ; qital is used to mean “ fighting .” Jihad in the Quran was originally intended for the nearby neighbors of the Muslims, but as time passed and more enemies arose, the Quranic statements supporting Jihad were updated for the new adversaries.

As the birthplace of Muhammad and a site of the composition of the Quran, Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims.

Fasting for Muslims during Ramadan typically includes the increased offering of salat ( prayers ) and recitation of the Quran.

In addition to fasting, Muslims are encouraged to read the entire Quran.

Some Muslims perform the recitation of the entire Quran by means of special prayers, called Tarawih.

This is the night in which Muslims believe the first revelation of the Quran was sent down to Muhammad stating that this night was " better than one thousand months proper worship, as stated in Chapter 97: 3 of the Qu ' ran.

The Salafi movement attracts followers from various schools of fiqh, and is based on the Quran, Sunnah and the actions and sayings of the first three generations of Muslims.

For some Muslims, sharia consists of the Quran and Sunnah.

Extremism: Extremists have used the Quran and their own particular version of sharia to justify acts of war and terror against Western individuals and governments, and also against other Muslims believed to have Western sympathies.

According to Muslims, sharia law is founded on the words of Allah as revealed in the Quran, and traditions gathered from the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Quran ( ;,, literally meaning " the recitation "), also transliterated Qur ' an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kuran, and Al-Qur ' an, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the verbatim word of God (, Allah ).

Muslims regard the Quran as the main miracle of Muhammad, the proof of his prophethood and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam, regarded in Islam as the first prophet, and continued with the Suhuf Ibrahim ( Scrolls of Abraham ), the Tawrat ( Torah or Pentateuch ) of Moses, the Zabur ( Tehillim or Book of Psalms ) of David, and the Injil ( Gospel ) of Jesus.

Some of the Quran verses about patience urge Muslims to " seek God's help with patient perseverance and prayer " ( 2: 45 ) and " give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere " ( 2: 155-157 ).

The Quran states that Muslims should " Persevere in patience and constancy " ( 3: 200 ) and " be steadfast in patience " ( 11: 115 ).

Deobandi beliefs, like those of other Muslims, are based on the Quran and Sunnah.

However, the Wahabi Muslims defend that some tales about shias incarnation create division between Shias and sunnis ( both of whom they call brothers in the Quran ).

Quotes from the Quran and Hadith were used by Muslims to justify Chiang Kai-shek's rule over China.

Although not specifically mentioned in the Quran, Muslims believe that Jesus and Mary were the only two children not to be touched by Satan at the moment of their birth, for God placed a veil between them and Satan.

The Quran, like Judaism, orders Muslims to profess strict monotheism.

Thus, Kramer concludes that there is no doubt modern Muslims effectively make use of the Quran, using Islamic tradition as a source on which antisemitism today feeds, but it is also a selective and distorting use.

The main sources of classical or early Islamic philosophy are the religion of Islam itself ( especially ideas derived and interpreted from the Quran ), Greek philosophy which the early Muslims inherited as a result of conquests when Alexandria, Syria and Jundishapur came under Muslim rule, along with pre-Islamic Indian philosophy and Iranian philosophy.