History UsefulNotes / TheProphetMuhammad

* BloodBrothers: Muslims are considered brothers (or sisters) in Islam.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Due to different transliterations from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet, his name occurs as Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohammed, Mohamad, Muhamed, Muhammet or Muhamet. Historically, the somewhat garbled Mahomet(us) was also used in the Christian world and is still pretty common in French. The name of the demon {{Baphomet}} from European folklore is also a corruption of the prophet's name.

* CurbStompBattle: The battle of Badr was one-sided.

* The POD in the ''Agent of Byzantium'' AH short stories by Creator/HarryTurtledove has the ArchangelGabriel tell Muhammad to follow a Christian preacher and so he became a Christian monk and saint rather than establishing Islam. The stories take place in a 14th century Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) that survived but Turtledove
also wrote a prequel short story with Muhammad as a monk in a Syrian monastery.

* NiceGuy: He was a kind-hearted and forgiving prophet who was fond of helping people in need and even prayed to Allah to give hidayath to his enemies.

* TheFaceless: Due to some hadiths that seem critical of visual art in general, his face is sometimes covered with a veil in Muslim art, or he's symbolically represented with a flame. Some art from before around 1500 does show his face though, as seen in the page image. Some argue there is nothing problematic about depicting him or any other human or angel, and that only depicting God is forbidden.

# Religious Taboos: Islam is very divided on portrayals in general and the prophet in particular. Some consider it ''haram'' (forbidden for believers) to portray (in text or image) any person at all, while others are okay with portraying any person, and yet others make an exception for Muhammad in one direction or the other.

* ''Film/MohammadMessengerOfGod'', 1976 film about the origins of Islam. Out of respect for Muslim prohibition on actually depicting Mohammed, his presence is indicated by light organ music, and his actual interaction in the story only through point-of-view shots of the action, from his point of view, with no dialogue. Words attributed to him are repeated by others in the story, such as his uncle and his adopted son. This consideration didn't stop a Muslim extremist group from staging a hostage-taking/siege in Washington D.C. in 1977 under the mistaken belief that Anthony Quinn actually played Mohammed in the film -- they threatened to blow up a D.C. building and its inhabitants unless (among other things) the film's opening was cancelled.

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* TheFaceless: Due to hadiths prohibiting depictions of him, his face is covered with a veil in Muslim art, or he's symbolically represented with a flame. Some art from before around 1500 does show his face though, as seen in the page image.

* Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s page on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad Muhammad]] contain many beautiful Mohammad portraits painted by Muslims. The wiki also has a page on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day Everybody Draw Mohammed Day]]

For more on these four issues, see [[Analysis/TheProphetMuhammad the analysis tab]].

See also [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Useful Notes on Islam]] and Literature/TheQuran.

* StacysMom: When they married, Khadijah was 40 and Muhammad was 25.

* ''Literature/TheSatanicVerses''by Salman Rushdie has several dream sequences. One of them feature Muhammad as the protagonist, but in this version he's originally a prophet of polytheism before he changes his mind and becomes a prophet of monotheism instead. This portrayal is what led to the infamous fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 saying it was the duty of Muslims to kill him for blasphemy.

* [[Literature/TheSatanicVerses''The Satanic Verses'']] by Salman Rushdie has several dream sequences. One of them feature Muhammad as the protagonist, but in this version he's originally a prophet of polytheism before he changes his mind and becomes a prophet of monotheism instead. This portrayal is what led to the infamous fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 saying it was the duty of Muslims to kill him for blasphemy.

* ''The Satanic Verses'' by Salman Rushdie has several dream sequences. One of them feature Muhammad as the protagonist, but in this version he's originally a prophet of polytheism before he changes his mind and becomes a prophet of monotheism instead. This portrayal is what led to the infamous fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 saying it was the duty of Muslims to kill him for blasphemy.

([[PhraseCatcher Peace Be Upon Him]].)