When Montaigne retired to his writing tower late in life, he first produced neat, closely argued disquisitions on this and that, based on well-known classical phrases and sayings, and carefully modelled on the sort of exercises the Greek and Roman rhetoricians had produced.
Although they are only now drawing scholarly attention, numerous apocalyptic hadith (major sources of Islamic law, based on the sayings or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) have appeared throughout the history of Islam.
Based on Prophetic sayings, IS believes the town will take centre stage in a cosmic battle between East and West.
Mike was known for his work ethic based on his favorite sayings including attitude is everything, persistence and determination alone are omnipotent and from those to whom much is given, much is expected.
Based on the Hadith (sayings of the Prophet), that "the Hour (of Resurrection) will not come until the Byzantines land in al-Amaq (valleys in Antioch, southern Turkey) or in Dabiq" (a Syrian village located to the north of Aleppo), ISIS' followers, she writes, are convinced that "a great battle is going to take" place with the "Crusader West".
Arguments for the death penalty are usually based on a Hadith, one of the sayings which, along with the Koran, form the basis of Islamic law: "The Prophet said: whoever discards his religion, kill him .Yet other texts have a different message.
He influenced the revival of al-falsafah al-yamanī ("philosophy of Yemen"), a philosophy based on revelation and the sayings of prophets rather than the rationalism of the Greeks.
It shows no dependence on the Gospel of John and is similar in nature to the harmonized gospel sayings based on the Synoptic Gospels used by Justin Martyr, although a relationship between them, if any, is uncertain.
The most prominent of these being Islam, in which some interpret the hadith, guidelines for life based on the deeds and sayings of the prophet and his companions, as encouraging (but not requiring) men to squat and pee so as to avoid contact with unclean urine.
Based on the Koran and the sayings attributed to Muhammad, as well as the work of ulema (Muslim scholars), it is clear and strict in some matters (such as family law) and fluid and evolutionary in others (such as commerce).
The ruling by the grand mufti was based on a passage in the hadith, sayings of the Prophet, that reads, "Sculptors would be tormented most on Judgment Day".
