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however, there is no relevant archaeological, epigraphic, or numismatic evidence dating from the time of Muhammad, nor are there any references to him in non-Muslim sources dating from the period before 632.
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sources are not contemporaneous with the events they purport to relate and sometimes were written many centuries later |
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