What is Islam's ruling on someone who says that Buddha is a prophet?
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Buddha is not a prophet but an infidel philosopher. He practiced asceticism without a heavenly religion. Therefore, whoever believes in his prophethood is an infidel. His people exaggerated about him, believed in his divinity, and worshipped him besides Allah. It is obligatory upon the Muslim to despise this sect and its followers, to disavow them, and to hold enmity towards them for the sake of Allah.
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