Nastura the monk
نسطورا الراهب
The monk who from his cell saw the cloud shade the Prophet ﷺ on Khadija's Syria venture with Maysara and declared 'this is a prophet — the last of prophets' 1.
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Overview
Nastura the monk saw the Prophet on Khadija's trading journey to Syria with her servant Maysara, according to al-Mas'udi 2.
The report
The monk was in his hermitage when he saw a cloud shading the Prophet. He said: "This is a prophet, and this is the last of the prophets." This happened between the Prophet's presence in the fourth war of al-Fijar and the building of the Ka'ba, as al-Mas'udi mentions 2.
An additional source is needed for a second transmission of the report.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 569-570
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.569-570
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islam.museum contributors. “Nastura the monk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nastura-al-rahib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.