Who Is Muhammad & How Did Islam Start?

In this episode of God We Trusted, Will and Sam take a respectful, text-first look at Islam—what Muslims believe, where those beliefs come from, and how Islamic sources describe key figures like Muhammad, Abraham, and Jesus. They walk through the role of the Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah, and Sharia, then explore major themes that shape Islamic teaching (prophets, revelation, spiritual encounters, and the militarization of early expansion). Along the way, they compare key claims with a Christian worldview—staying focused on what Islam’s own writings say.

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro: Why talk about Islam?

00:48 - Method: Using Islam’s own sources

02:58 - Who is Muhammad in Islam?

05:58 - Authority: Bible vs Islamic texts

08:47 - Mecca & Medina: Early Islamic setting

09:13 - Sharia, Sunnah, and Islamic law

10:06 - Revelation accounts and early formation

17:27 - Biography & Hadith reports (Ibn Ishaq)

26:32 - Ishmael, “Isa,” and prophetic claims

32:11 - Kaaba, idols, and Islamic tradition

34:16 - Abraham in Islamic narrative

35:19 - “Sword” passages and conflict themes

41:18 - Fighting texts and expansion context

46:52 - Jihad, paradise, and martyrdom logic

49:50 - Militarization: growth through battle

54:56 - Wrap-up and what’s next

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