The monk Bahira at Busra
لقاء الراهب بحيرا ببصرى
c. 583 CE
When Abu Talib's trade caravan stopped at Busra in Syria, the monk Bahira (whose name the book gives as Jirjis) recognized the twelve-year-old Muhammad by 'the seal of prophethood' between his shoulders, and advised his uncle to take him home for fear of the Jews.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Connections
- Had participant
- Bahira the monkMuhammadAbu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Occurred at
- Busra
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The three years of the secret callThe boycott of the Banu HashimThe call to the nearest kinLast Quraysh delegation to Abu TalibThe Year of SorrowAbu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-MuttalibThe Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'ranaAli's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “The monk Bahira at Busra”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bahira-encounter/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.