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The hadith qudsi  has never had an important place in the Islamic legal systems, but it has been prominent in Muslim piety, especially the more mystical varieties. Mostly these sayings are spiritual, dealing with topics closely connected with prayer, and goodness, and devotional piety.

The two—prophet and book—are inextricably bound up in each other in a manner perhaps unduplicated by any other. 

For Muslims, Muhammad is the one who perfectly demonstrates how to live the teachings of the Qur’an and submit to God. Thus, his example, or the Qur’an, provides a practical demonstration of how Muslims are to live, both with God and with other people.

But when applied to Muhammad, it became a special term that denoted the category of exemplary words, deeds, and gestures that were destined to be authoritative in the life of the umma. Thus, the Qur’an is an idea as well as a memory, and even more, it is ideal for Muslim be­havior. As such it is engrained in the lives of pious Muslims and handed down by example and personal teaching.

In pre-Islamic Arabia, different approaches to religion attracted different people for different reasons. Monotheism was attractive because it was personalized and local. Local holy men, deities, shrines, stories, and religious practices formed the center of small-scale community life.

  “Divine saying,” or hadith qudsi, is…………………………………………………   

This hadith has two main parts. The first is the opening citation of the persons who transmitted it, called the matn, a documentation process meaning “prop, support, backing.” It is the chain of ascriptions by which a report is authenticated. Each link is a person who has been involved in its transmission. The second and main part of the hadith is called the isnad, the “main text.”

The nurse recognizes the following as an example of an unintentional tort?

A 60-year-old obese male with a history of type 2 diabetes is being seen by the primary health provider to follow up on the results of a polysomnography, which showed that he has obstructive sleep apnea. He is accompanied by his wife who says that her husband snores, stops breathing for several seconds, and then gasps and snorts several times throughout the night. The patient states that he is extremely tired during the day and does not feel rested when he wakes up in the morning. Which patient signs and symptoms will the nurse expect to assess to support the patient’s diagnosis? Select all that apply.

A manager is educating a group of nurses on the importance of cultural competence. The manager knows that the teaching has been effective when one of the nurses states