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Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt al-Thaqafi, the poet, who was among those who spoke of divinity before Islam. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum mentions him together with Qass ibn Sa'ida and Zayd ibn Amr, among those whom Quraysh thought the Prophet ﷺ resembled in this respect 2.
In al-Raheeq al-Makhtum (p.77)
al-Raheeq al-Makhtum reports, from Muhammad al-Ghazali, that when news of the secret call (al-da'wa al-sirriyya) reached Quraysh, they paid it no attention. Perhaps they took Muhammad to be one of the pious ones who speak of divinity and its rights, as Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt, Qass ibn Sa'ida, Amr ibn Nufayl and their like did 3 4.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 540
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.240
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.77
- Fiqh al-Sira — al-Ghazali , p.76
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