Prophet Muhammad: An Empirical Model of Ethos/Source Credibility

Authors

  • Ali Mohammad Zakaria Khan University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Arifa Sultana University of Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v55i3-4.212

Abstract

This essay makes an attempt to reconstruct the Western conceptualisation of ethos or source credibility construct within the landscape of Islamisation of knowledge schema. The theoretical configuration here is grounded on the proposition that while the Quran advances the revealed knowledge about source credibility, Prophet Mu╒ammad (peace be on him) himself should be regarded as the empirical source of knowledge about the same construct. In effect, a series of documentations from the Quran and ╒adith is presented here to bolster such Islamic reconceptualisation of source credibility that has been widely studied over the years in Western socio-psychological discourses. Consequently, a set of new dimensions for future inquiries in this field of study is suggested.

Author Biographies

Ali Mohammad Zakaria Khan, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Arifa Sultana, University of Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh.

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Jahangirnagar, Bangladesh.

Published

2016-12-31

How to Cite

Khan, Ali Mohammad Zakaria, and Arifa Sultana. 2016. “Prophet Muhammad: An Empirical Model of Ethos/Source Credibility”. Islamic Studies 55 (3-4). https://doi.org/10.52541/isiri.v55i3-4.212.

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 3-4 (2016): Islamic Studies

Section

Articles

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