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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2973676, member: 84744&quot;]I would say that the coins constitute a source of evidence regarding the development of Islamic doctrine.&nbsp; While Islamic scholars tend to encourage the view that it was set in stone from its earliest days, in fact the first compilation of ahadith (sayings and stories of Muhammad) wasn&#039;t produced until Umar II (717-720), and the most commonly quoted hadith about graven images wasn&#039;t collected until the mid 9th century by Muhammad al-Bukhari, and that one is only accepted by the Sunni.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems likely that the prohibition on icon-worship dates from very early (and is probably the explanation behind the cool [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] coin above), but the more general prohibition on graven images likely arose significantly later, after many of the coins posted above were issued... and only in certain quarters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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