Sajah also appeared and claimed prophethood. Musaylima married her, but after he was killed, she returned to Islam.

Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadī likewise claimed prophethood, but later repented, returned to Islam, and became a good Muslim.

Then al-Mukhtār ibn Abī Ubayd al-Thaqafī appeared. He professed love for the Prophet’s household and demanded retribution for al-Husayn’s blood. His followers grew numerous, and he seized control of Kūfa at the beginning of Ibn al-Zubayr’s caliphate. Satan then led him astray, and he claimed prophethood and that Gabriel descended upon him (1).

Evidence supporting his inclusion among the impostors is the report narrated by Abū Dāwūd after citing the hadith of Abū Hurayra found in the two Sahih collections concerning the liars: “Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaī asked Ubayda al-Salmānī (2), ‘Do you consider this man one of them?’—meaning al-Mukhtār. Ubayda replied, ‘Indeed, he is one of their chief figures.’” (3)

Among them was also al-Hārith the Liar, who appeared during the caliphate of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān and was killed. A number of others appeared during the Abbasid caliphate (4).

In the modern era, Mīrzā Ahmad al-Qādiyānī appeared in India and claimed