Prophet Muhammad from the Shi‘ah Perspective

 

Author(s): Muhammad Legenhausen

Prophet Muhammad from the Shi‘ah Perspective

This text discusses Prophet Muhammad (S) from the Shi’i perspective. The author explores the exalted status of the Prophet (S) as described in influential Shi’ite literature. He also compares it with the view of the Prophet (S) as held by the Sunni school as well as the perspectives of the Muslim philosophers and the Sufis.