Seal of Muhammad's Prophethood The Seal of the Prophethood of Muhammad is presented in many ancient and respected Islamic sources. Apparently, it was a protruding fleshy enlargement on his upper back somewhere between his shoulders. Classic Muslim scholars...
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Seal of Muhammad's Prophethood The Seal of the Prophethood of Muhammad is presented in many ancient and respected Islamic sources. Apparently, it was a protruding fleshy enlargement on his upper back somewhere between his shoulders. Classic Muslim scholars tells us that it was about the size of a dove's egg, and it was marked by hair and warts or moles. Arabian physicians offered to treat and cure Muhammad's physical deformity, but he declined their offers. The quotations are taken from the works of Tabari, Ibn Sa'd, Bukhari, and Muslim without further comment. It is left to the reader to discern whether or not this physical defect necessarily means that Muhammad possessed the Seal of the Prophets. Apparently, some of his own learned Muslims followers, who were Arabian physicians, knew its true character and thought that it was a physical malady that ought be medically treated. Nevertheless, Muhammad's uneducated and superstitious followers believed it was a miraculous Seal of Muhammad
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