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In Islam, Muhammad is known as ''uswa hasana, al-Insān al-Kāmil''. It is an Arabic phrase loosely translated, meaning, the "''perfect human''. We find in the Hadith, Muhammad repeatedly told his followers to follow his Sunnah (example) and in the Qur'an we see that Allah even asserts his morality as being “sublime” (68:4), therefore this particular Islamic doctrine encourages Muslims to emulate Muhammad and his (7th century) actions as closely as they can, as a form of devotion to Allah.

The ''Sirat Rasul Allah'' (Life of the Messenger of Allah), by ibn Ishaq. A collection of hadith that is arranged in chronological order, forming the earliest biography of Muhammad. This, along with the Qur'an and hadith, are sometimes referred to as the [http://www.cspipublishing.com/ Trilogy of Islam], as all major doctrines are found within these three texts. The sira and hadith collectively form Muhammad's [[Sunnah]], and with the Qur'an, they form what we know as the [[shariah|Shari'ah]].

Books of Islamic jurisprudence (فقه‎ Fiqh) are complimentary expansions of the Shari'ah (Qur'an and Sunnah), written by Islamic jurists (experts on Islam). ''Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik'' is just one example of many. However, these books are often watered-down in translation for Western consumption. An example of this can be found [http://www.answering-islam.org/Sharia/fem_circumcision.html here].