What is Elijah Muhammad?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Elijah Muhammad | birthname = Elijah Robert Poole | image = Elijah Muhammad NYWTS-2.jpg | imagesize = 230px | caption = Muhammad speaking in 1964. | order = Leader of the [[Nation of Islam]] | term_start = 1934 | term_end = 1975 | predecessor = [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]] | successor = [[Warith Deen Mohammed]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|10|7}} | birth_place = [[Sandersville, Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|02|25|1897|10|7}} | death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | occupation = Leader of the [[Nation of Islam]] | spouse = [[Clara Muhammad]] (1917–72; her death)<br />(8 children) }} '''Elijah Muhammad''' (born '''Elijah Robert Poole'''; October 7, 1897&nbsp;– February 25, 1975) was an [[African-American]] [[Religion|religious]] leader, who led the [[Nation of Islam]] from 1934 until his death in 1975. He was a mentor to [[Malcolm X]], [[Louis Farrakhan]], [[Muhammad Ali]]; and his son [[Warith Deen Mohammed]]. Muhammad was born on October 7, 1897 in [[Sandersville, Georgia]]. Poole married [[Clara Muhammad|Clara Evans]] (1899–1972) on March 7, 1917. They had eight children. Muhammad died from [[congestive heart failure]] at the age of 77 on February 25, 1975, the day before [[Saviours' Day]], at [[Mercy Hospital and Medical Center|Mercy Hospital]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Elijah Muhammad Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1007.html?scp=1&sq=%22elijah%20muhammad%22%20obituary&st=cse |quote=Elijah Muhammad, spiritual leader of the nation's Black Muslims, died here today of congestive heart failure. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 26, 1975 |access-date=2011-11-15 }}</ref> [[Al Freeman, Jr.]] played him in the 1992 movie ''Malcolm X''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.muhammadspeaks.com Elijah Muhammad's Teachings] * [http://www.noi.org/elijah_muhammad_history.htm Nation of Islam official