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Originally Posted by Quixotic  But surly this underpins your life as a Muslim? If these things are not true, then maybe others are not true. Maybe Allah does not exist, how would you know?
If you just assume it is true, then it is a totally arbitrary decision, probably instilled through the culture in which you were brought up.
We are very lucky in the 21st century; there are good methods of finding what is true and what is not.
The truth of the reasons I live my life like I do mean a lot to me, I would never base a decision of truth on an arbitrary choice where it affects me and those around me.
The truth of these things matters a great deal.
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Ok, so now we have a context, these things need to be known to be true or not for a Muslim.
I would reply that they do not, I do not hold that every single ayota of my faith should be proven scientifically/historically (i.e. with a measurement of authority used by some). The question then arises, why?
Why do you think everything should be proven?
And Why do I not?
I hold that I do not need everything to be proven right, in this circumstance, because I hold the opinion that the teaching comes from God, if, now this is the crucial if, as I hold, the teaching came from God, then I can fully trust it without the need of checking everything, 1.Because I trust God, 2.Because I do not have the same ability at hand which God has through which He Knows and I do not.