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**66paptroump** · 06-24-2011, 08:20 AM

Greetings,

I've been studying islam for a while, i was wondering what is the basis for having an unbroken chain back to Muhammad. why is it necessary? and does it equate to truthfulness? catholics and orthodox christians say they have an unbroken chain back to jesus, and I ask them the same question, why is it necessary and does it equate to truth?

I am not personally convinced that an unbroken chain back to muhammad necessarily equates to truth. Did not the mutazila have a unbroken chain back to Muhammad, did not the khawatij also, what about the shia? yet they are considered deviants according to sunni muslims?

I would like to know the above, but I guess my ultimate question, what is the basis of truth according to sunni muslim? How do you determine truth from falsehood? And is there an ultimate truth?

Thanks,

TruthFinder

06-24-2011, 08:20 AM	#1
66paptroump Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	What is the basis for determining the truth??? Greetings, I've been studying islam for a while, i was wondering what is the basis for having an unbroken chain back to Muhammad. why is it necessary? and does it equate to truthfulness? catholics and orthodox christians say they have an unbroken chain back to jesus, and I ask them the same question, why is it necessary and does it equate to truth? I am not personally convinced that an unbroken chain back to muhammad necessarily equates to truth. Did not the mutazila have a unbroken chain back to Muhammad, did not the khawatij also, what about the shia? yet they are considered deviants according to sunni muslims? I would like to know the above, but I guess my ultimate question, what is the basis of truth according to sunni muslim? How do you determine truth from falsehood? And is there an ultimate truth? Thanks, TruthFinder
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