Editing Druze (section)

===Prophethood===
[[File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Nebi Shueib Festival.jpg|thumb|[[Druze in Israel|Druze]] dignitaries celebrating the [[Nabi Shu'ayb]] festival at the tomb of the prophet in [[Hittin]], [[Israel]]]]
Recognition of prophets in the Druze religion is divided into three sort-of subcategories, the prophet themselves (''natiq''), their disciples (''asas''), and witnesses to their message (''hujjah'').

The number 5 contains an unstated significance within the Druze faith; it is believed in this area that great prophets come in groups of five. In the time of the ancient Greeks, these five were represented by [[Pythagoras]], [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Parmenides]], and [[Empedocles]]. In the first century, the five were represented by [[Jesus Christ]],<ref name="Hitti 1928 37">{{cite book |title=The Origins of the Druze People and Religion: With Extracts from Their Sacred Writings |first=Philip K. |last=Hitti |year=1928 |isbn=9781465546623 |page=37 |publisher=Library of Alexandria}}</ref>{{sfn|Dānā|2008|p=17}} [[John the Baptist]],{{sfn|Swayd|2015|p=7}} [[Saint Matthew]], [[Saint Mark]], and [[Saint Luke]].<ref name="Swayd 2009"/> In the time of the faith's foundation, the five were [[Hamza ibn Ali|Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad]], Muḥammad ibn Wahb al-Qurashī, Abū'l-Khayr Salama ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Samurri, Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad at-Tamīmī, and [[Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin]].

Druze tradition honors and reveres Hamza ibn Ali Ahmad and [[Salman the Persian]] as "mentors" and "prophets", believed to be [[reincarnation]]s of the [[monotheistic]] idea.{{sfn|Dana|2010|p=314}}{{sfn|Nisan|2015|p=94}}