At a glance
The story
Al-Muwatta relates from Nafi' from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: I was shown last night at the Kaaba; I saw a ruddy man, the finest of men, circuiting the House. I asked: who is this? He was told: this is the Messiah son of Mary. Then I saw a curly man blind in his right eye, and I asked: who is this? He was told: this is the Messiah the Dajjal 1 Muwatta 31:2666.
The meaning
In this report the true vision may come to the Prophet in wakefulness as in sleep, and it carries knowledge of the end-times; it is among the texts of vision and the hereafter in the Muwatta 1.
Notes
Among the texts of dreams and visions in the books of the Sunna; this browser shows it in the dreams section 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2666· Ibn Umar's silk thread in the dream and the Prophet's praise· Muslim 2479 — Abdullah is a righteous man; would that he prayed at night· Muwatta 895· Al-Dar al-Akhira (The Hereafter) lesson series· Muktatafat min al-Sira (lecture series)· Aisha's dream: three moons fell into her chamber· The Companions' dream of Laylat al-Qadr in the last third
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Prophet's vision of the Messiah and the Dajjal at the Kaaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/prophets-vision-of-messiah-and-dajjal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.
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