Ahlul-kitab (People of the Book) are known as those that are of the faiths which have a revealed book/scripture. In the Qur'an, the people of the book are the Jews, Sabians and Christians.
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Why does Islam seem so much more like Judaism than like Christianity?
Islam comes chronologically after Judaism, and then Christianity. Assuming that Islam considers Christianity to be sort of an update to Judaism (is that wrong?), and that Islam is the final, ...
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Who are the people in Qur'an 3:113 - 115
Who are these people?
3:113 - 115
They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a
community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during
periods of the ...
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Islamic view of Christianity
Generally speaking or defined based on sect, is Christianity consider polytheistic (Mushrikeeen) or of the book (Ahl al-Kitāb)? Please answer with references, not opinions.
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Who are Sabeans?
In Surat Al-Baqarah ayah 62, Allah (The Glorified) says;
Sahih InternationalIndeed, those who believed and those who were Jews
or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] - those [among
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Eating from non-Muslims?
What prompted to do ask this question is that last week when I was at the school the teacher offered the students some candy after he came back from his vacation. He is Buddhist. I thanked him and sat ...
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Does Islam have any official position(s) on the Gospel of Barnabas?
The Gospel of Barnabas is a text that turned up in the form of a couple 16th century manuscripts in Spanish and Italian. It makes a claim to originate from the witness of Barnabas the disciple of ...
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What set of beliefs makes someone Ahlul Kitab?
We've talked about if Mormons are ahl-ul-kitab. And who (generally) ahlul-kitab are.
I'm asking something much more specific: what exact combination of beliefs, and other properties, designates ...
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Are Mormons considered Ahl-ul Kitab?
The People of the Book (Ahl-ul Kitab) are granted a particular status in Islam. The Christians and the Jews, those who received and follow the previous scriptures, are easily counted among their ...
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Who are “ahlul kitab”?
What/who are ahlul kitab? Are Muslims a subset of ahlul kitab?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but: Ahlul kitab means "people of the book" in English. What is the "book" in this phrase, and what "people" ...
