Which prophet was sent to the people of Thamud?

The prophet sent to the people of Thamud was Salih. In the Quranic account, Salih called Thamud to worship one God and abandon their arrogant rejection of divine guidance.

Thamud was an ancient people associated with the northern Arabian Peninsula. When they demanded a sign proving Salih’s prophethood, God gave them the miraculous she-camel as a test. They were warned not to harm it or prevent it from drinking, but a group among them killed the animal and persisted in defiance.

The Quran presents the destruction of Thamud as the consequence of rejecting Salih’s warning and violating the sign. Salih is therefore closely linked with the she-camel in Islamic teaching. He should not be confused with Hud, who was sent to the earlier people of ʿAd, or with Shu'ayb, who was sent to the people of Madyan. Nuh (Noah), meanwhile, preached to his own people before these later communities.