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From: pur-ee!bdirai@rhino.ecn.purdue.edu (Ilyess B Bdira)
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Subject: Re: the nature of the Prophet
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.174707.30356@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 30 Apr 91 17:47:07 GMT
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In article <1991Apr28.232447.20331@wpi.WPI.EDU> lateef@eemips.tamu.edu (Afroz Lateef) writes:
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>In article <1991Apr26.215310.5015@wpi.WPI.EDU> zeeshan@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Zeeshan Hasan) writes:
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>>	To begin, I would like to point out the following Hadith, from
>>the Sahih Bukhari:
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>>	"I am only a man.  He who takes something from me must
>>	 beware, for he may have taken a portion of the Fire."
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   This Hadith is trancated and distorted. The original meaning is
"I am only a man, I judge between you based on what I hear from
you, antbody who takes something (by lying and being a better "attorney")
may have taken a portion of fire"
Obviously, the Hadith is talking about the prophet as a judge in disputes,
not as a legislator.