At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar who said: I saw the Messenger of God pointing to the east and saying: here — the fitna is here, the fitna is here — from where the shaytan horn rises 1 Muwatta 2794.
The meaning
In this report the Prophet pointed to the east, where the shaytan horn rises, and said the fitna is there; it belongs to the fitna hadiths that tie the direction of trial to the shaytan times 1.
Notes
Among the fitna hadiths in the Muwatta; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 2794
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2794
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· Disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· Ibn Umar's silk thread in the dream and the Prophet's praise· Saying "if only" opens the shaytan s work· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/fitna-points-to-the-east/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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