page_title: Daniel in Islam
section_title: In Shia Islam
hierarchical_section_title: Daniel in Islam / Daniel in Muslim literature / In Shia Islam
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomb of Daniel in SusaPolski: Grobowiec Daniela w Suzie (Iran)
context_page_description: Daniel is usually considered by Muslims in general to have been a prophet and according to Shia Muslim hadith he was a prophet. Although he is not mentioned in the Qur'an, nor in hadith of Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim reports of him are taken from Isra'iliyyat, which bear his name and which refer to his time spent in the den of the lions. There are debates, however, that go on about Daniel's time of preaching and while in reports of Shia Islam from the Shia Imams he is considered as a prophet, some Muslims from other branches of Islam believe that he was not a prophet but a saintly man.
  Some Muslim records suggest that a book regarding apocalyptic revelations was found in a coffin, which is supposed to have contained the remains of Daniel, which was brought to light at the time of the Muslim conquest of Tustar, and buried again at the request of Umar.
context_section_description: Once one of the close companions of the 6th Shia Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq known as Jabir al-Ju'fi reported:
  I asked the Imam regarding the interpretation of dreams of Danyal? The Imam said: Yes, he was inspired. He was a Prophet and one to whom God had taught the interpretation of dreams. He was truthful, wise...
  A shrine known as Tomb of Daniel in Susa, Iran, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his sacred resting place and is visited by pilgrims.
caption: Tomb of Daniel in Susa, Iran
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