The "furthest mosque" could have been in Mecca ONLY!

Submitted by Srini Varadarajan (United States), Jun 22, 2006 at 18:27

At the time of the (so-called--he was known to hallucinate), the...prophet could claim only a few dozen (at most) followers; he had not even gone to Medina.

His entire following at the time would have been in Mecca--probably refers to the mosque "furthest" from his home--which mosque still would have been in Mecca only.

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