That Is the Prophet Whose People Lost Him.

Question :

I read in one Hadith that, "That is the Prophet whose people lost him." Who was that Prophet and what was his story? And is this Hadith authentic?

Answer:

Ibn Kathir mentioned this Hadith in Al-Bidayah wan- Nihayah, in the second volume, where Khalid bin Sinan Al-'Abasi's biography is written, a man who lived just before the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Some people claimed that he was a Prophet. At-Tabarani narrated a chain reaching Ibn 'Abbas saying that Khalid bin Sinan's daughter came to the Prophet Muhammad, who spread a garment of his for her, and said, "The daughter of a Prophet, whose people lost (or neglected) him." Ibn Kathir then mentions a Hadith recorded by Al-Bazzar, with a chain to Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them. In it Khalid bin Sinan was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, who said, "That was a Prophet whom his people had lost (neglected and not believed in)." However, the Hadith is weak. Then he mentioned a long story about his people, but it is not attributed to the Prophet and he preferred the view that he was simply a righteous man during the period before the Prophet. So it is not correct that he was a Prophet. And Allah knows best.

Source:
Ibn Jibreen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7 Page 166