Muhammad's "remains"
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:48 pm
I'm not very well-educated on Islam, so perhaps this is a dumb question, but I couldn't find anything useful online...
What do secular scholars have to say about the contents of Muhammad's tomb?
Presumably the consensus can't be that his body is interred there, given that historicity in general is still an open question, no?
The topic came to mind after reading the following in the news recently:
What do scientifically minded researchers have to say about the construction of the tomb, whether anyone is actually buried there, etc.?
What do secular scholars have to say about the contents of Muhammad's tomb?
Presumably the consensus can't be that his body is interred there, given that historicity in general is still an open question, no?
The topic came to mind after reading the following in the news recently:
From: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 05120.htmlThe 61-page document also calls for the removal of Mohamed’s remains to the nearby al-Baqi cemetery, where they would be interred anonymously.... The al-Baqi cemetery already contains the bodies of many of the Prophet’s family, including his father who was removed there in the 1970s, Dr Alawi said. In 1924 all the grave markers were removed, so pilgrims would not know who was buried there, and so be unable to pray to them.
What do scientifically minded researchers have to say about the construction of the tomb, whether anyone is actually buried there, etc.?