Hadith of Najd- The Prophecy about the unjust Rule of Saud and Aal Al Sheikh by Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

Correlating the Hadith of D'hul Khawaisira and The rise of "The Horn of Satan" from Najd.

This article is written in an attempt to draw attention of the readers that, not only were the Black Flags were predicted by the Prophet (ﷺ)  , but also the coming of this corrupt Saudi Regime. In this article, we will quote many Ahadith’s from the Sahihayn and other sources and connect them to Wahhabism.

There are two types of hadith in Sunni literature which predicts the coming of a Group or a person who will cause affliction in this religion. The first type of hadith tells us about the progeny of a blasphemous man, ‘D’hul Khwaisira, a member of Banu Tamim, which will go out of this religion as an arrow leaves its bow. It will be so fast, that, even if that arrow traverses a pool of blood, it will not be stained, meaning they will be out of the fold of this religion even before they know. But it is also mentioned in the hadith that they will appear to be exceptionally pious i.e there will be no one who could compete them in Salah and Qir’at. The other type of hadiths tells us about an occasion where a group of people comes to visit the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). They request the Prophet  (ﷺ) to pray for Najd but the Prophet (ﷺ) doesn’t pray for them. After asking for 3 times, The Prophet of Allah then prophesized that the “Horn of Satan” will emerge from that land who will cause afflictions. 

In this article, we will try to correlate these two types of Ahadith:

The first type:

The hadiths mentioning D’hul Khawaisira gives us an account of the nature and character of his progeny which will cause tribulations in the religion. (All the references here are given from Sihah Sittah, The six most authentic books of hadith according to Salafis, with the Taqreej of their notorious scholar Nasiruddin Albani).

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

While we were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l- Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Do Justice." The Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not do justice." `Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so that the hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing: he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will appear when there will be differences amongst the people." I testify that I heard this narration from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I testify that `Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet (ﷺ) ) should be looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet (ﷺ) had described him.

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Book 78, Chapter 95, Hadith 6163.

↠ Points to be noted from the above hadith:

    1) There will be a black,  fat man among them who will appear to be a religious but his faith will not go beyond his throat.

Ibn Saud, 1925, who is very fat.

    2) Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib fought them. (It is already well known that Ali fought Khawarij in his times and Abu Saeed Al Khudri accompanied Him. This implies that Khawarij originated from the progeny of D’hul Khawaisira).

In a similar hadith recorded in Sahi Bukhari, we read

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:

When `Ali was in Yemen, he sent some gold in its ore to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) distributed it among Al-Aqra' bin H`Abis Al-Hanzali who belonged to Bani Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, 'Alqama bin 'Ulatha Al-`Amiri, who belonged to the Bani Kilab tribe and Zaid AI-Khail at-Ta'i who belonged to Bani Nabhan. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He gives to the chiefs of Najd and leaves us!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I just wanted to attract and unite their hearts (make them firm in Islam)." Then there came a man with sunken eyes, bulging forehead, thick beard, fat raised cheeks, and clean-shaven head, and said, "O Muhammad! Be afraid of Allah! " The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Allah). He trusts me over the people of the earth, but you do not trust me?" A man from the people (present then), who, I think, was Khalid bin Al- Walid, asked for permission to kill him, but the Prophet (ﷺ) prevented him. When the man went away, the Prophet said, "Out of the offspring of this man, there will be people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game, and they will kill the Muslims and leave the idolaters. Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as the Killing of the nation of 'Ad

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Book 97, Chapter 23, Hadith 7432.

⇒ Sunnan Nasa’i, Book 37, Chapter 26, Hadith 4101 (Graded Sahih by Albani)

Though this hadith has a slightly different wordings, both informs us about a blasphemer whose companions/ Progeny will cause disorder in this Ummah.

The elements which prove that both the hadiths speak about the same person i.e. D’hul Khawaisira is

1) There is an irreligious man who accuses the Prophet (ﷺ) being unjust in both the hadith.

      2) The Sahaba requested the Prophet (ﷺ) to allow them to kill the blasphemer but He spares him.

        3) A group of people associated with the blasphemer i.e. companions/ Progeny, would bring on affliction [This is explained as, his companions fought Imam Ali in Siffin and were defeated, but were not exterminated. Their progeny would appear again in the times when there are differences in the Ummah].

       4) They will appear to be pious but their faith doesn’t go beyond their throats i.e.  They are Muslims for name sake.

        5) They will go out of the religion as an arrow leaves the bow and it will be very fast even for them to notice.

         6) Both the narrations come from Hazrat Abu Sa’eed Al Khudri.

Another point we not from this hadith is, “They will kill the Muslims and leave the idolaters.” The Prophet (ﷺ) hated them so much, he took a vow that if He were to live until the time when Khawarij appear, He would kill them Himself as the nation of Ad.

In Summary, it is clear that the offspring’s of D’hul Khawaisira, a man from BANU TAMIM, would cause afflictions in this ummah.

Part 2:

Let’s analyze the second type of Hadith where a group of People come to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) and ask Him to pray for Najd.

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Bestow your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow your blessings on our Yemen." The People said, "And also on our Najd." He said, "O Allah! Bestow your blessings on our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow your blessings on our Yemen." The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! And also on our Najd." I think the third time the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There (in Najd) is the place of earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan."

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Book 92, Chapter 16, Hadith 7094.

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

(The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan."

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Book 15, Chapter 27, Hadith 1037.

So, it is clear from this hadith that the horn of Satan would arise from a place called Najd.

We read in other similar hadiths

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on the pulpit saying, "Verily, afflictions (will start) from here," pointing towards the east, "whence the side of the head of Satan comes out."

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Book 61, Chapter 5, Hadith 3511

This hadith gives us an insight that “Najd” is in east direction from the Prophets pulpit.

Najd (Riyadh) in the direction of East from the Prophets Pulpit
Courtesy: Anti Pakode Commission.

Now there are many people who claim that the “Najd” in discussion here, is Iraq etc. etc. debating the location, but they forget the main question in place that, “From which tribe/ people shall the Horn of Satan or progeny of D’hul Khawaisira (Khawarij) arise?

We will now prove from Sahih Hadith that Najd in discussion here is Banu Tamim from Riyadh of today.

Note that the common wordings in all the hadiths in discussion in 2^nd part have the common wordings, “Horn of Satan” or “Side of the head of Satan”.

We read in Sahih Bukhari

Narrated Abu Masud:

The Prophet (ﷺ) pointed with his hand towards Yemen and said twice, "Faith is there," and then pointed towards the East, and said, "Verily, sternness and mercilessness are the qualities of those who are busy with their camels and pay no attention to their religion, where the two sides of the head of Satan will appear," namely, the tribes of Rabi'a and Mudar.

⇒ Sahih Bukhari, Chapter 68, Book 25, Hadith 5303.

It is clear from this hadith that the “TWO SIDES OF THE HEAD OF SATAN” shall arise from tribes of “RABI’A AND MUDAR.” Now we will have a look on the tribes which come under Rab’ia and Mudar.

Rabi'a appearing to occupy the middle part of Saudi Arabia, east to the Pulpit of the Prophet.

About the middle of the 4th century A.D., the tribe of Kind'a which after a long struggle with Hadramut, to which it was inferior, had to leave the Yaman, and migrated to the country of Makkah, where it settled at Ghamr Dhi Kinda in the south-western corner of Najd, two days journey from Makkah. The leaders of Kinda were kings of the tribes of Rabi'a and Mudar.

⇒ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, Pg 526.

⇒ Mudar and Rabi’a, sons of Nizar, were the eponyms of the two main branches of the Northern Arabs, 

⇛ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, Pg 543.

⇒ The other major division of Mudar, numbered in its ranks were Banu Hudhayl and Banu Tamim. 

⇛ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, Pg 545

Pic containing detailed information on How Mudar split into Banu Tamim and Banu Hudayl.

⇒ From Rabi’a sprang the tribes of Anaza, Abd al- Kays, al-Namir, Taghlib, and the strong group of Bakr b. Wa'il, one of whose members was Banu Hanifa, 

⇛ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, Pg 545.

⇒ Well before the Prophet Muhammad arrived, the original groups of Mudar and Rabi’a dissolved. However, remained behind in the Peninsula: Banu Hudayl in the vicinity of al-Ta'if; Banu Sulaym in the mountains between Mecca and Medina; Banu Tamim and Banu Hanifa and various members of Amir bin Sa’ Sa in the center; and Abd al-Kays in the east.

⇛ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, pg. 545.

 ⇒ In the time of the Caliph Abu Bakr the appearance of the false Prophet Musaylima from among Banu Hanifa brought this tribe into disrepute; descendants of Banu Hanifa in Najd today prefer to name as their ancestor Rabi’a, from whom Hanifa sprang.

⇛ Encyclopedia of Islam, Leid.EjBrill, vol 1, Chapter of Jazira't Al Arab, Pg. 545.

⇒ Points to be noted from above paragraphs:

1) Rabi’a and Mudar migrated to Makkah and Madinah before the time of the Prophet.

2) Mudar dissolved into Banu Hudayl and Banu Tamim.

3) Rabi’a dissolved into Banu Hanifa.

MORE REFERENCES FOR THE HADITH OF RABI'A AND MUDAR:

"Iman is from Yemen and the afflictions including Qarn Al Shaytan is from east i.e RABI'A AND MUDAR."

⇒Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Vol 6, Pg 406, Narration 32433 and 32434

      (32433-Narrated from Abu Usamah from Ismail from Qais from Ibn Masud).

     (32434-Narrated from Yahya bin Adam from Abi Al Haus, from Al Amash from Abi Sufiyan from Jabir bin Abdullah).

⇒Fa'dail Al Sahaba, Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, Pg 862, Narration 1608.

      (same chain as 32433 of Al Musannaf- Graded Sahih).

⇒Majmu'a Al Awsat, Vol 2, Pg 340, Narration 2163. (Narrated from Ibn Masud)

⇒Musnad Abu Yala, Vol 3, Pg 425, Narration 1893 and Pg 458, Narration 1932.

     (1893-Narrated from Abu Khaitama from Jarir from Al Amash from Abi Sufiyan from Jabir bin Abdullah- Graded Sahih)

      (1932-Narrated from Abu Bakr from Yahya bin Adam from Abi Al Hauz from Al Amash from Abi Sufiyan from Jabir bin Abdullah- Graded Sahih)
⇒ Also narrated in Musnad Imam Ahmed, Tarikh Al Dimishq, Mishkat Al Masibah and Fath Al Bari.

Mussanaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Vol 6, Pg 406.

Fada'il Al Sahaba, Ahmed bin Hanbal, Pg 862.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musnad Abu Yala, Vol 3, Pg 419.

Majma Al Awsat, Vol 2, Pg 340

 

WHY SHOULD WE GIVE TARJIH (PREFERENCE) TO THE HADITH OF RABI'A AND MUDAR (I.E., THE TRIBES FROM WHOM THE HORNS OF SATAN SHALL ARISE) INSTEAD OF HADITH OF NAJD (WHICH ONLY DISCUSSES THE PLACE )?

The reason for the importance of this hadith, is its specificity which explicitly speaks about the tribes among which the satan shall arise. The hadith of Najd is confusing in itself because there have been many opinions on the exact location of Najd today. We find a number of views of the scholars themselves who greatly differed with each other  on the location of Najd. Some of them are

Al-Nawawi said: “Najd is the area that lies between Jursh (in Yemen) all the way to the rural outskirts of Kufa (in Iraq), and its Western border is the hijaz. The author of al-Matali‘ said: Najd is all a province of Al Yamama.[1] Al-Fayruzabadi said: “Its geographical summit is Tihama and Yemen, its bottom is Iraq and Sham, and it begins at Dhat Irqin [= Kufa][2] from the side of the Hijaz.[3] Al-Khattabi said: “Najd lies Eastward, and to those who are in Madina. their Najd is the desert of Iraq and its vicinities, which all lie East of the people of Madina. The original meaning of najd is ‘elevated land’ opposed to ghawr which means declivity. Thus, Tihama is all part of aI-Ghawr, and Mecca is part of Tihama.[4] This is confirmed by lbn al Athir‘s definition: “Najd is any elevated terrain and it is a specific name for what lies outside the Hijaz and adjacent to Iraq.[5] Similarly lbn Hajar stated: “Al Dawudi said: ‘Najd lies in the vicinity of lraq."[6] Iraq itself lexically means river-shore or sea shore, in reference to the Euphrates and the Tigris.[7].

All these explanations prove that those who say that Najd in the hadith denotes present-day Iraq exclusively of present-day Najd'” are mistaken, as Najd at that time included not only Iraq but also as in our present time everything East of Medina, especially the regions South of Iraq. 

[1] Al Nawawi in Tahrir Al Tanbih (pl 157, s.v. "najd"). 

[2] As stated by lbn Hajar in Fath AI Bari(1959 ed. 3:390). 

[3] In al-Qamus al Muhit, in article al Najd. See also Mu'jam al-Buldan.

[4] In Ibn Hajar, Fath Al Bari (1959 at 13:48). 

[5] lbn al Athir, al Nihaya, s.v. najd

Ibn Hajar. Fath Al Bari' (1959 ed. 13:48). 

Ibn Al Athir, Al Nihaya, n. R-q

Shaykh Muhammad bin Alawi Al Maliki said in his book, "Islamic Doctrines and Beliefs, English Ed, Trans by Dr.Gibril Haddad Fuad,

"The two sides of the head of shaytaan shall appear among the tribes of Rabi'a and Mudar[1]. Ibn Hajr identified these two tribes as "the most prestigious of the people of the East, the Quraysh- From which the prophet was born- being a branch of Mudar[2]. This is confirmed by Al Bukhari's narration in seven places and Muslim's in six, from Ibn Umar that the East (Al Mashriq) is the origin of dissension and the place where the side of the head of Shaytaan would appear- or two sides in one narration of Muslim. The fact that the Muslim narrated that Salim Ibn Abdullah Ibn Umar applied this hadith to the people of Iraq does not limit its meaning to them. It only confirms that the Prophet foresaw the dissension of the Khawarij among other dissensions hailing from the East, such as that of Musaylima the liar and others. Another proof is that the Prophet had set Qarn Al Manazil as the starting point (Miqat) for the state of consecration (Ihram) for pilgrims coming from najd, which in his time included Iraq. Later, the people of Iraq, finding Qarn Al Manazil too far out of the way for them, asked for something nearer, whereupon Umar fixed D'hat Irqan as their Miqat as established.

Hence it is clear from the above proofs that the “Sides of the head of Satan” which will cause tribulations shall arise from Banu Tamim as the Prophet (ﷺ)  already prophesized in the above Hadith. Strangely, the Progeny of the Blasphemer (D’hul Khawaisira) is also from BANU TAMIM!! Coincidence? I think not!

We have already seen Musaylima Kaddab arising from Mudar i.e. Banu Hanifa.

Hence the connection link between both types of Hadiths is Banu Tamim. Correlating both types, we summarize.

 There shall be a person or a group of people arising from Banu Tamim of Najd which will go out of this religion as an arrow leaves a bow and they are the “Horns of Satan”. Yet they appear exceptionally pious and no one could compete them in Salah and Qir’at.

It can also be summarized from these hadiths that the People of Banu Tamim who will cause afflictions are Khawarij as; they are the progeny of the first Khawarijite (D’hul Khawaisira)

For our counterparts now, there is no Banu Tamim of Iraq so its waste for them to try and prove that the Najd in discussion is not Saudi Arabia.

And Finally, we shall discuss the Signs of the Khawarijites (People arising from Banu Tamim) from the Hadith:

⇒ It is mentioned in the introduction of Chapter 6, Book 88 of Sahih Bukhari

And Ibn 'Umar used to consider them (Al-Khawarij and Al-Mulhidun) the worst of Allah's creatures and said, 

These people took some Verses that had been revealed concerning the disbelievers and interpreted them as describing the believers.

We know very well about the Najdi’s who, today, misinterpret and Quote the verses of Quran revealed for disbelievers on believers, be it, “The 25 verses of Quran which prohibits Tawassul” by Zakir Naik to the Verse 20 of Surah Nahl which is misquoted by a local Wahhabi Imam to prove that the Prophets (ﷺ)  and Awliya of Allah can’t intercede for us.  Not to forget that, this whole misinterpretation thing was started by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab Najdi Al Tamimi who, in his Kitab Al Tawhid, quoted many verses of Quran and hadith revealed for the disbelievers on the believers.

The second most important sign of the Khawarij is

Hazrat Hudhaifa i.e. Ibn al Yaman said that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Verily, I fear about a man from you who will read the Qur'an so much that his face will become enlightened and he will come to personify Islam. This will continue until Allah desires. Then these things will be taken away from him when he will disregard them by putting them all behind his back and will attack his neighbor with the sword accusing him of shirk! The Prophet was asked - which of the two will be deserving of such an accusation? The attacker or the one attacked? The Prophet replied, “The attacker”, (the one accusing other of Shirk).

⇒ Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, Volume No. 1, Page No. 282, Bukhari in his Tarikh ul Kabir, Volume No. 4, Page No. 301, Haythami in Majma uz Zawaid, where he declared its chain to be “Hassan”, Imam Ibn Kathir declared the Chain as “Jayyid (strong)" in his Tafsir al Qur'an al Azim, Volume No. 2, Page No. 266.

Scan from Tarikh Al Kabir of Imam Bukhari,

The first man in D'jazirat Al Arab to kill the Muslims by accusing them of Apostasy and Polytheism was Ibn Abdul Wahhab Najdi. Quote,

From the beginning, Wahhabism has been a movement of total intolerance toward those who did not adopt its principles, including other Muslims. Such extreme religious intolerance has demanded, first of all, that Wahhabis eradicate symbols of non-Wahhabi civilization. This had not been the universal practice of Islam in the past. Even when Muslim rulers appropriated holy sites for the Islamic faith, pre-Islamic holy sructures were frequendy spared. When the Muslim armies invaded Egypt in the seventh century, they did not smash the sr,mbols of ancient Egyptian civilization; they did not dismande the Sphinx. But when Wahhabi armies attacked the holy cities of Shiite Islam in southern Iraq in the early nineteenth century, they destroyed tombs and ransacked other religious shrines. For Wahhabis, such actions are paft of their war against idolatry. It is not a tremendous leap from the Wahhabi sacking of the Shiite holy city of Kerbala in 1802 to the Taliban's destruction of Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan in March 2001. Indeed, Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda spokesmen adopt Wahhabi terminolory when they call America "the Hubal of the age"-the Hubal being a seventh-century stone idol.

 ⇒ Hatred's Kingdom By Sir Dore Gold, Former Ambassador for UN, Pg 12.

The sympathizers of Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab Najdi say that he was never born in Najd but its very painful for them to see that the publishers of the books of Ibn Wahhab do not hide this fact.

Seerat Al RasoolAllah of Ibn Abdul Wahhab, Published by Maktabah Al Salafiyah, clearly naming him NAJDI AL TAMIMI.

Today, we see many so called “scholars” of Wahhabism and Ahlil Hadith accuse the main body of Islam i.e. the Ahlus Sunnah Al Jammah of Shirk. The terrorist organizations like ISIS and Boko Haram, which are motivated from the ideology of Wahhabism have already started to kill the Muslims in Middle eastern countries and leaving the apostates and idolaters of Israel.

Now we will see from Hadith, what will be the condition of Khawarij in the here after

It was narrated that lbn Abu Awfa said: "The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: 

The Khawarij are the DOGS OF HELL.

⇒ Sunnan Ibn Majah, Hadith # 173 [Graded Sahih by Albani].

Sa'eed bin Juhman narrates: The Khawarij used to invite me (towards their ideology) and It was close that I had joined them (by getting influenced) but Abu Bilaal's sister saw a dream that Abu Bilaal is "IN A FORM OF BLACK DOG WITH LONG HAIR" and his eyes were overflowing. She said: O Abu Bilaal may my father be sacrificed on you, what is the reason that I saw you like this? Abu Bilaal replied: We people after you have been turned into "DOGS OF HELL FIRE" and this Abu Bilaal was one of the leaders in Khawarij

⇒ Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah (7/555), Hadith # 37895 with Sahih chain.

Scan from Mussanaf Ibn Abi Shaybah.

we would like here, to quote a hadith from Sunan Ibn Majah

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "There will emerge people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go any deeper than their collarbones. Whenever a group of them appears, they should be cut off (i.e. killed)." Ibn 'Umar said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whenever a group of them appears, they should be killed' - (he said it) more than twenty times- 'until Dajjal emerges among them.

⇒ Sunan Ibn Majah, Book 1, Hadith 174. [Graded Hasan by Albani].

Note: This hadith contains similar wordings of, Quran/ Faith not going beyond their throat/ Collar bones. Meaning, the Progeny of D’hul Khawaisira, The Banu Tamim of Najd shall see the rise of Dajjal among them.

In the end, a paragraph from the book, “Narrative of a year’s Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia”, by William Gifford Palgrave, Pg 384,

An orthodox denizen of Najd (Riyadh) said, 

Muhammad (ﷺ) and Moseylemah were both Prophets, but the former had a more propitious star. 

Scan from Narrative of an years journey.

[May Allah’s curse be upon the people of Najd who revere Moseylmah Kaddab as Prophet].