According to Islam, Allah sent the Gospel to Jesus, but it was corrupted by people. Muslims do not consider the canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) to be the original gospel. Quran and Sunnah make an impression that the original gospel contained only some teachings and commandments and did not contain narratives about Jesus. This means that it was something like The Gospel of Thomas. However, Muslims do not like this gospel either and prefer The Gospel of Barnabas.
This gospel is much longer than any of the canonical gospels and contains many narratives. Probably, the reason why Muslims like this gospel is because there Jesus fulfills some Muslim rituals and this gospel (probably, the only gospel) denies that Jesus was crucifies. However, there are some traits that may indicate that this gospel was written by a Muslim and the author overdid it. For example, in this gospel, it is said that Jesus prayed five times a day in the same way as Muslims do. However, Islam canonical texts (reliable hadiths) say that when Muhammad ascended to Allah, Allah gave him commandment to pray five times a day. Before that, nobody prayed five times a day, and even Muslims prayed only two times a day. So, Jesus' prayer five times a day is an obvious anachronism.
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