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Musaylimah

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Also known as Mosaylima, Musaylimah The Liar, Musaylimah ibn Habib

Musaylima (Full name: Muslima ibn Habib al-Hanafi) (), d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of Islam during the Ridda wars. He is considered by Muslims to be a false prophet (). He is commonly called Musaylima al-Kadhāb () by Muslims. Musaylima was said to have composed in saj', a type of rhymed prose that was common in pre-Islamic artistic speech.

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Person.image
Balami - Tarikhnama - The death of Musaylima at the hand of the Ethiopian Slave Wahshi (cropped).jpg
Person.caption
The killing scene of Musaylima at the hand of Wahshi ibn Harb in Tarikhnama
Person.native_name
مُسَيْلِمَةُ
Person.native_name_lang
ar
Person.other_names
Maslama ibn Habib Musaylima al-Kadhab / Musaylima the Liar
Person.birth_date
582
Person.birth_place
al-Yamama
Person.death_date
632 (aged 50)
Person.death_place
al-Yamama
Person.resting_place
Not Known
Person.spouse
Sajah bint al-Harith
Person.mother
Not Known
Person.father
Habib

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Early life
  • Prophethood
  • Personal life
  • Death
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources

Musaylima (Full name: Muslima ibn Habib al-Hanafi) (), d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of Islam during the Ridda wars. He is considered by Muslims to be a false prophet (). He is commonly called Musaylima al-Kadhāb () by Muslims. Musaylima was said to have composed in saj', a type of rhymed prose that was common in pre-Islamic artistic speech.

==Etymology== Musaylima's actual name was Maslama, but Muslims altered his name to Musaylima, which is the diminutive of Maslama (i.e., 'Little Maslama'). The name maslama contains an Arabic or Syriac participal-nominal substratum like muslim (submitter). Maslama may be a title derived from aslam which is a verb associated with prophethood.

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