As I said MD, I never found anything credible enough to repeat, the only thing I have encountered about his pre-prophetic life was even remotely close to credible was that he was a shepard. The narration that he was a carpenter like Joseph (SAW) is weak.

Just posting out my findings, not saying one is right and one is wrong. As his life has so many gaps it is difficult to determine anything with a great deal of certainty.

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