Sulayman (Solomon) · Islam Museum

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Era: Pre-Islamic Arabia
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ProphetScriptural

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Sulayman, son of Dawud. al-Bukhari records a hadith in which he said that he would go round a hundred women, each of whom would bear a boy who would fight in the way of God ¹.

In the hadith

al-Bukhari reports that the king said to him: "Say, if God wills", but he did not say it. The Prophet said in the hadith: "If he had said, if God wills, he would not have failed, and it would have been more hopeful for his need" ¹.

The data classes him under the role of "prophetic figure", with a source in the Qur'an and al-Bukhari. Other details of his life need an additional source.