Icitabo ca The Encyclopedia of Religion cilondolola ukuti abatendeke ubuBuddha, ubuKristu, no buShilamu balemwena ifipesha amano mu nshila yalekanalekana. Lelo, na kabili citila: “Ificitika muli iyi mipepele ukutula kale filanga ukuti ifipesha amano na malyashi yalanda pa fipesha amano fyaba lubali lwacindama ulwa fisumino fya bantu.”

Icitabo cimo cine cilanda pa buShilamu aciti: “Abantu abengi mu bwikashi bwa baShilamu bacili balenekela ifipesha amano. Mu ntambi shabo (hadīths) balangilila ukuti imiku iingi Muhamad alicitile ifipesha amano pa cintubwingi. . . . Abantu basumina ukuti abatakatifu nga bafwa, balatwalilila ukucita ifipesha amano pa nshiishi shabo pa kuti aba busumino bengalamwenamo. Kabili abantu balaipeelesha ukwipusha abatakatifu ukuti babapaapaatileko.”