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So in Islam, god created the world in 6 days and that's it. There's no reason for week to have 7 days. Yet Islamic week has 7 days. It seems that Muhammad abolished the resting of god, but forgot the connection to the 7 days of the week which is based on the story of 6 days of creation plus 1 day of rest.
So in Islam, god created the world in 6 days and that's it. There's no reason for week to have 7 days. Yet Islamic week has 7 days. It seems that Muhammad abolished the resting of god, but forgot the connection to the 7 days of the week which is based on the story of 6 days of creation plus 1 day of rest.


There is a fatwa where Islamic sholars were asked why the week in Islam has 7 days and they are rather clueless:
There is a fatwa where Islamic sholars were asked why the week in Islam has 7 days, but they didn't have a clear answer:
{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/110226/why-is-the-week-seven-days islamqa.info: Why is the week seven days?]|
{{Quote|[https://islamqa.info/en/answers/110226/why-is-the-week-seven-days islamqa.info: Why is the week seven days?]|
We cannot be certain about anything with regard of the division of the week into seven days, or the time when this division began – was it before the creation of the heavens and the earth, or was the creation of the heavens and the earth what led to this division? The reason for that is that we have no clear evidence which states anything certain to that effect..
We cannot be certain about anything with regard of the division of the week into seven days, or the time when this division began – was it before the creation of the heavens and the earth, or was the creation of the heavens and the earth what led to this division? The reason for that is that we have no clear evidence which states anything certain to that effect..
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