Editing Shem (section)

=={{anchor|Sam}} In Islam==
===Sunni Islam===
Shem is regarded by scholars to be the successor to Noah, receiving prophetic knowledge, enlightenment, and leadership of his people. Shem was also one of the people whom [[God]] had [[Jesus]] resurrect as a sign to the [[Children of Israel]].<ref>''Stories of the Prophets'', Ibn Kathir, ''Story of Jesus''</ref> Early Islamic historians like [[Ibn Ishaq]] and [[Ibn Hisham]] always included Shem's name in the genealogy of [[Muhammad]].<ref>Ibn Ishāq, ''Sīrat Rasūl Allāh'', tr. A. Guillaume (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 3</ref>

===Shi'a Islam===
In a [[Shiite]] tradition Imam [[Ja'far al-Sadiq]] has narrated to his companions that [[Jibrael]] visited [[Noah]] close to the time of his death, relaying God's message: "Oh Noah! Your prophethood has expired and your days are complete, so look to the Great Name, the inheritance and effects of the knowledge of prophethood, and hand these over to your son, Sam (Shem), for I do not leave the Earth except that there is a knowledgeable one by which obedience to Me (God) can be recognized..."<ref name="Kulayni">{{cite book |last1=al-Kulayni |first1=Muhammad ibn Ya‘qūb |title=Al-Kafi |date=2015 |publisher=Islamic Seminary Incorporated |location=NY |isbn=9780991430864 |edition=Volume 8 }}</ref>