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Did Salman the Persian meet Isa AS?

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> ‘Asim b. ‘Umar b. Qatada on the authority of a trustworthy informant > from ‘Umar b. ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz b. Marwan said that he was told that > Salman the Persian told the apostle that his master in ‘Ammuriya told > him to go to a certain place in Syria where there was a man who lived > between two thickets. Every year as he used to go from one to the > other, the sick used to stand in his way and everyone he prayed for > was healed. He said, ‘Ask him about this religion which you seek, for > he can tell you of it.’ So I went on until I came to the place I had > been told of, and I found that people had gathered there with their > sick until he came out to them that night passing from one thicket to > the other. The people came to him with their sick and everyone he > prayed for was healed. They prevented me from getting to him so that I > could not approach him until he entered the thicket he was making for, > but I took hold of his shoulder. He asked me who I was as he turned to > me and I said, ‘God have mercy on you, tell me about the Hanifiya, the > religion of Abraham.’ He replied, ‘You are asking about something men > do not inquire of today; the time has come near when a prophet will be > sent with this religion from the people of the haram. Go to him, for > he will bring you to it.’ Then he went into the thicket. The apostle > said to Salman, ‘If you have told me the truth, **YOU MET JESUS THE SON > OF MARY**.’ > >(Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, p. 98) What is the authenticity of this report? Did Salman the Persian really meet Prophet Isa AS?
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Mar 30, 2019, 10:09 AM
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