Bahira
6th-century monk said to have prophecied of Muhammad · Religious Figures · Lived 600 to 700 · aged 100
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Something wrong?A Christian monk who, according to Islamic tradition, recognized the young Muhammad as a future prophet during a caravan stop in Syria - though the story exists in conflicting versions and has been called invented by historians ancient and modern.
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Bahira appears in several Islamic accounts as a monk who encountered Muhammad on a merchant journey with his uncle Abu Talib. The tradition holds that Bahira saw signs of prophethood in the boy and foretold his destiny. The details shift between tellings, and the contradictions eventually drew skepticism: medieval scholars like al-Dhahabi rejected the story outright, and modern historians consider it legend rather than record. Bahira endures not as history but as a narrative device - the outside witness who sees what others missed.
Religious Figures born in the 600s 6
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