Muhammad in the Bhavishya Purana: Difference between revisions

Some Islamic [[dawah]] sites make use of this text as proof that Muhammad was foreseen by the Hindu scriptures themselves, and thus Hindus should follow him. <ref>https://islamigems.com/prophet-muhammad-in-hindu-scripture-bhavishya-purana/</ref><ref>https://onegodblog.wordpress.com/prophet-muhammad-pbuh-in-bhavishya-purana/</ref> Although the mention that Muhammad was apparently mentioned in the Purana, they don't mention its late nature, the nature of the puranas, and they tend to literally attribute them to the rishi (ऋषि) Vyasa, when in fact scholarly opinion and even the traditions of Hinduism itself clearly agree upon the fact that this purana like all of the others was the work of many hands over an extremely long period. Furthermore they usually only provide part of the quote, failing to reproduce the passage in full: "That city is known as their site of pilgrimage, a place which was Madina or free from intoxication. Having a form of a ghost (Bhuta), the expert illusionist Mahamada (Muhammad) appeared at night in front of king Bhojaraja and said: O king, your religion is of course known as the best religion among all. Still I am going to establish a terrible and demoniac religion by the order of the Lord . The symptoms of my followers will be that they first of all will cut their genitals, have no shikha, but having beard, be wicked, make noise loudly and eat everything. They should eat animals without performing any rituals. This is my opinion. They will perform purificatory act with the musala or a pestle as you purify your things with kusha. Therefore, they will be known as musalman, the corrupters of religion. Thus the demoniac religion will be founded by me. After having heard all this the king came back to his palace and that ghost (Muhammad) went back to his place."