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publisher: alsalafiyyah@icloud.com
title: Number of prophets and messengers
source: Fatawa Al-Lajnah Ad-Daimah no. 5611, Question 10
hijri: Muharram 7, 1442
date: 2020/08/26
category: [prophets,fatwas]
note: true
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locale: en
lang: en
excerpt: No one knows their number except Allah. Those who are known are those who are mentioned in the Qur'an or authentically reported in the Sunnah.
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### Question:
How many Prophets and Messengers (peace be upon them) were there?

### Answer: 
No one knows their number except Allah, because Allah (Exalted be He) says: "**And, indeed We have sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): of some of them We have related to you their story. And of some We have not related to you their story**" [Ghafir: 78]

Those who are known are those who are mentioned in the Qur'an or authentically reported in the Sunnah.