The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises

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الفتنة من حيث يطلع قرن الشيطان

Abdullah ibn Umar said: I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ pointing to the east and saying: here is the fitna, here is the fitna — from where the shaytan horn rises 1 Muwatta 2794.

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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.

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Among the fitna hadiths in the Muwatta; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.

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Muhammad· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 2794
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Muwatta 2794

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Sources

  1. Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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