Muḥammad al-Awsī; Muḥammad ibn Maslamah al-Anṣārī; Muḥammad ibn al-Barā’ al-Bakrī; Muḥammad ibn Sufyān ibn Mujāshiʿ; Muḥammad ibn Ḥumrān al-Juʿfī; and Muḥammad ibn Khuzāʿī al-Sulamī—no seventh is counted besides them.

It is also said that the very first person to bear the name Muḥammad was Muḥammad ibn Sufyān ibn Mujāshiʿ, whereas the people of Yemen maintain it was Muḥammad ibn al-Yaḥmad of the tribe of Azd. In any case, Allah protected everyone who carried this name from claiming prophethood, from having it claimed for him, or from anything arising that might cast doubt upon his status, until the two prophetic hallmarks were established exclusively for him ﷺ and none contested them. These are Ibn ʿAsākir’s exact words.

Chapter: The Birth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, upon whom abundant salutations are bestowed

He—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him—was born on a Monday. Muslim relates in his Ṣaḥīḥ, on the authority of Ghaylān ibn Jarīr who heard from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maʿbid al-Zimānī, from Abū Qatādah, that a Bedouin asked, “Messenger of Allah, what do you say about fasting on Monday?” He replied, “That is the day on which I was born, and on which revelation first descended upon me.”

Imām Aḥmad reports: Mūsā ibn Dāwūd narrated to us; Ibn Laḥiʿah narrated to us, from Khālid ibn Abī ʿImrān, from Ḥanash al-Ṣanʿānī, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was born on a Monday, was commissioned as Prophet on a Monday, set out from Mecca as an emigrant on a Monday, entered Madinah on a Monday, passed away on a Monday, and the Black Stone was raised into position on a Monday. This narration is unique to Aḥmad.

Ibn ʿUfair and Ibn Bukayr transmitted it from Ibn Laḥiʿah with the additional note that Sūrat al-Mā’idah was revealed on a Monday: “Today I have perfected your religion for you” (5:3).

Some likewise related it from Mūsā ibn Dāwūd and further added: the Battle of Badr also took place on a Monday. This was asserted by Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb, but the report is very unsound.