Salih

صالح

Thamud's prophet — the Prophet ﷺ passed their dwellings at al-Hijr on the Tabuk road and forbade entering them except weeping 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Salih, prophet of Thamud. The tradition reports that when the Prophet passed by al-Hijr, the dwellings of Thamud, on the Tabuk expedition, he said: "Do not enter the dwellings of those who wronged themselves unless you are weeping, lest what befell them befall you." Then he covered himself with his cloak while he was on his mount. It is in Sahih al-Bukhari 1 2.

The museum presents Salih in the category of prophethood, on the basis that it is established in the transmitted source. References to the Qur'an's verses need the appropriate passage identifiers before they are added.

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Thamud

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Thamud· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3380
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3381
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islam.museum contributors. “Salih”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salih/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Thamud

Descendants of Thamud ibn 'Abir who marched to al-Hijr and the Wadi al-Qura between Syria and the Hijaz — among the vanished Arabic-speaking nations and the people of the prophet Salih.