Motif
religious adoption of earlier customary law
religious_adoption_of_earlier_customary_law
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN. / SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII.; lines 6979-7050 confidence: medium
The sacred-month observance seemed reasonable to Mohammed and met with his approval; passages of the Koran are said to confirm and enforce it, forbidding war in those months against those who acknowledge them as sacred while permitting attacks on those who do not.
The passage says Mohammed approved the pre-existing sacred-month custom and that the Koran confirms and enforces it with stated conditions.
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