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Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, military and political leader, as well as the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was the final prophet of God who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets in Islam. He is believed by Muslims to be the Seal of the Prophets, and along with the Quran, his teachings and normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief.
Salih
Salih or Saleh () is a prophet mentioned in the Qur'an who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to that of the she-camel of God, a gift from God to the people of Thamud when they sought a miracle to confirm that Salih was a prophet.
Musaylimah
Musaylima (Full name: Muslima ibn Habib al-Hanafi) (), d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of Islam during the Ridda wars. He is considered by Muslims to be a false prophet (). He is commonly called Musaylima al-Kadhāb () by Muslims. Musaylima was said to have composed in saj', a type of rhymed prose that was common in pre-Islamic artistic speech.
Sajah
Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taghlibi (, fl. 598-675 CE) from the tribe of Banu Tamim, was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed to be a prophet in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only known woman claiming prophethood during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period. She later converted to Islam and died a Muslim.
Tulayha
7th-century Arab clan chief and military commander
Al-Aswad Al-Ansi
7th-century Banu Ans tribal leader and self-proclaimed prophet
Saf ibn Sayyad
Claimant of prophethood