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The dove

الحمامة

Jabir saw the Seal of Prophethood between the Prophet ﷺ's shoulders 'like a dove's egg' — the house bird whose egg was made the likeness of the greatest sign.

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Muslim 2344 — I saw a seal on his back like a dove's egg

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Finality of prophethood· Jabir ibn Samura· Muhammad· Muslim 2344 — I saw a seal on his back like a dove's egg· The birds of the elephant· Anam (livestock: camels, cattle and sheep, and their rulings)· The ant· The apes

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islam.museum contributors. “The dove”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/dove/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Finality of prophethood

The doctrine that Muhammad is the last of the prophets and that any claim to prophethood after him is error, as al-Tahawi states it.