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S reported to have beheld a Messiah of reddish or white complexion and curly hair and in another, he is reported to have beheld a Messiah who possessed a brown or wheatish complexion and straight hair. 6. These two separate and distinct traits of the Promised Messiah foretold in our beloved Prophet's Traditions cannot be ignored since these distinct characteristics indicate that the Messiah who was supposed to pursue and annihilate the Dajaal would not be the son of Mary who was of a fair complexion and whom the Holy Prophet saw during his spiritual ascension to heaven' but the other Messiah of wheatish complexion of whom our beloved master spoke in his Traditions bearing upon the advent of the. Dajaal. 8. On the basis of these and several other such indications contained in our beloved Prophet's Traditions, Ahmadi Muslims believe that the. Promised Messiah prophesied by the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, was not to be Jesus Christ in person, the Messiah of the Mosaic dispensation, but someone else who has been figuratively identified with the son of Mary and given the symbolic name of ibne Mariam because of the similarities in their characters and also their missions. . DESCRIPTIVE IDENTITY. The practice of giving descriptive identity to people on account of certain similarities in their nature has not been unknown to the custom of the Arabic speaking people of whom our beloved Prophet, peace be upon him, himself was one. For instance, Traditions report that when the Roman Emperor Heraclius received the Holy Prophet's invitation to embrace Islam, he summoned Abu Sufyan to his court and enquired of the Holy Prophet's character. Traditions then proceed to state that after his audience with Ceaser, Abu Sufyan reported to his companions and stated: 'Of a certainity, the son of Abi Kabshah has succeeded because even the king of Bani Asfar fears him. " 5. Sahih Bukhari: Kitab al Miraj 7. Sahih Bukhari: Kitab al Mir'aj 6. Sahih Bukhari: Kitab al Anbiyya 8. Ibid 171 9. Sahih Bukhari: Kitab at Miraj