54/16. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2905b — Warning of Fitnah
Tribulation From The East, From Where The Horns Of The Shaitan Appear
Warning of Fitnah from the East in Hadith
Sahih Muslim : 2905b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2905b
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ، سَعِيدٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانِ، قَالَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ، عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَامَ عِنْدَ بَابِ حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ " الْفِتْنَةُ هَا هُنَا مِنْ حَيْثُ يَطْلُعُ قَرْنُ الشَّيْطَانِ " . قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا . وَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِنْدَ بَابِ عَائِشَةَ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood by the door (of the apartment of) Hafsa and, pointing towards the east, he said: The turmoil would appear from this side, viz. where the horns of Satan would appear, and he uttered these words twice or thrice and `Ubaidullah b. Sa`id in his narration said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had been standing by the door of `A'isha.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2905bIn-book reference : Book 54, Hadith 59USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 41, Hadith 6939
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2905b
This hadith about fitnah from the east gives another wording from Ibn 'Umar. Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم stood by the door of Hafsa's apartment, pointed toward the east, and said that turmoil would appear from that side, where the horns of Satan would appear. The narration says he repeated the words two or three times. Another narrator mentions that he stood by the door of 'A'isha. The main lesson is the warning itself, not the location of the doorway. The repeated wording shows the seriousness of the warning. The hadith does not ask the reader to accuse people without proof. It simply records a prophetic warning about the coming of fitnah.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم repeated the warning about fitnah more than once.
- The report includes slight wording differences about the doorway.
- The main focus is the warning against turmoil, not extra speculation.
