Bahira, The monk of Busra
In the hadithThe monk of Busra
Bahiraبحيرى
Approximate dateBusra
A Christian monk who saw signs of prophethood in a twelve-year-old boy.
When the young Muhammad ﷺ travelled to Syria with Abu Talib's caravan, the monk Bahira, who usually ignored traders, came out to meet them. He had noticed signs around the boy and recognised him from his books. He told Abu Talib to take him home and guard him well.
What does the hadith say?
Where do they appear in the story?
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺZayd ibn HarithaAl-Numan ibn al-MundhirHamzah ibn Abd al-MuttalibAbu BakrAbu Sufyan ibn HarbBilal ibn RabahAl-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Source: hadith · Wikipedia
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People of the hadith
- Hajar
- Jurayj
- The boy of the trench
- The monk of the trench
- The king of the trench
- The three men in the cave
- The man who killed a hundred
- The leper, the bald man and the blind man
- The woman and the cat
- The woman who gave water to a dog
- The man who lent a thousand dinars
- The man who asked his sons to burn him
- The jar of gold
- The man whose charity went astray
- The merchant who forgave debts
- Barsisa
- The last man to enter Paradise
- The Jassasa
- Ibn Sayyad
- Adnan
- Fihr ibn Malik
- Amr ibn Luhay
- Qusayy ibn Kilab
- Abd Manaf
- Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
- Abd al-Muttalib
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Aminah bint Wahb
- Thuwaybah
- Halimah al-Sa'diyyah
- Bahira
- Nastur
- Maysarah
- Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl
- Quss ibn Sa'ida
- Waraqa ibn Nawfal
- Abu Talib
- Ashama the Najashi
- Salman's teachers
- Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt
- Uways al-Qarani