At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar told him the Messenger of God was in the mosque, and a man with disheveled hair and beard entered; the Messenger gestured him out, meaning to fix his hair and beard, and when the man returned he said: is this not better than one of you coming with disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan 1 Muwatta 2732.
The meaning
In this report the disheveled appearance is likened to the shaytan in refinement and dignity, and the Prophet s guidance to fix one s appearance before entering the mosque 1.
Notes
From the manners of entering the mosque in the Muwatta; the Jinn & Devils Browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Wasl al-sha'r (hair extensions: the ruling on joining hair)· Muwatta 2732
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2732
People and things also explored
The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan· The shaytan lays Bilal down in the Mecca journey· The shaytan at the well of the traveller· The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· Saying "if only" opens the shaytan s work· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey· Khalid ibn al-Walid's frightening dream
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “Disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/disheveled-hair-like-shaytan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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