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18 People Said to Resemble the Prophet Muhammad, Who Are They?

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Islamic tradition identifies several people, including companions and earlier or later figures, as resembling the Prophet Muhammad.
  • During the Battle of Uhud, the resemblance reportedly led non-Muslims to mistake the companion Mush'ab bin Umair al-'Abdari al-Qurasyi for the Prophet.
  • The article begins its list with the prophets Adam and Ibrahim, citing traditional Islamic sources.

Several people are described in Islamic tradition as resembling the Prophet Muhammad, including companions who lived alongside him and figures from earlier or later periods. The resemblance was said to be so strong that, during the Battle of Uhud, non-Muslims mistook the companion Mush'ab bin Umair al-'Abdari al-Qurasyi for the Prophet and killed him.

The article presents a list of 18 people said to have shared the Prophet’s appearance. It begins with Adam, described as the father of humanity. Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Salihi al-Shami, the author of Subul al-Huda war-Rasyad fi Sirati Khairil 'Ibad, is cited as saying that Adam resembled the Prophet, based on a passage transmitted from the author of Istijlab Irtiqa al-Ghuraf bi Hubbi Aqrabil Rasul wa Dzawis Syaraf.

The second figure named is the prophet Ibrahim, described as a beloved friend of God, a noble prophet and one of the messengers known as Ulul Azmi.

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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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