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Many visual depictions only show Muhammad with his face veiled, or symbolically represent him as a flame; other images, notably from before about 1500, show his face. [9] [10] [11] With the notable exception of modern-day Iran, [12] depictions of Muhammad were never numerous in any community or era throughout Islamic history, [13] [14] and ...
In the lower part of the painting, Muhammad – his face veiled – sits on a geometrically patterned carpet, surrounded by the four caliphs who succeeded him: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Next to Muhammad on the carpet are two of his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali – the second and third Imams of Shia Islam – depicted as ...
Hilye, or calligraphic panel containing a physical description of the Prophet Muhammad made in 1718 in the Galata Palace, Istanbul. Dihya Salim al-Fahim, (1718), via Wikimedia CommonsThe ...
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Muhammad" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.
Medieval Muslim artists found various ways to represent especially sensitive figures such as Muhammad. He is sometimes shown with a fiery halo hiding his face, head, or whole body, and from about 1500 is often shown with a veiled face. [38] Members of his immediate family and other prophets may be treated in the same way.
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Usage on other articles, it is argued, do not add any real informational value, as the depictions are not contemperaneous- having been developed centuries after Muhammad's death. As some Muslims typically find depictions of Muhammad to be highly offensive and blasphemous, some editors believe that image usage should be kept to a minimum.
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