Buddhism

Did Buddhist scriptures predict the coming of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?

Muslim scholars argue that the six criteria given for identifying the 'next Buddha' — as recorded in the Gospel of Buddha compiled by Paul Carus — match Prophet Muhammad ﷺ precisely on all six points: attaining supreme insight at night, looking exceedingly bright at enlightenment, dying a natural death, dying at night, looking bright before death, and ceasing to exist on earth after death. Important caveat: the text cited is a 19th-century Western compilation, not a classical canonical Buddhist scripture.