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Encyclopedia > Hadith of Najd

The Hadith of Najd is a famous hadith about three geographical locations.


According to Sahih Bukhari: Ibn Umar reported the Prophet as saying: "Oh Allah, bless us in our Syria; O Allah, bless us in our Yemen." Sahih Bukhari is a hadith collection written by Muhammad al-Bukhari. ... Ibn Umar was the son of the 2nd Caliph Umar ibn Khattab. ... Muhammad (c. ... For a king of Anglo-Saxon England, see Aella of Deira or Aelle II of Northumbria or Aelle of Sussex. ... A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant sprinkling with blood during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD). ...


Those present said: "And in our Najd, O Messenger of Allah!" Najd or Nejd (Arabic: Naǧd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ...


But he (Muhammad) said, "O Allah, bless us in our Syria; O Allah, bless us in our Yemen." Muhammad (c. ...


Those present said, "And in our Najd, O Messenger of Allah!" Najd or Nejd (Arabic: Naǧd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ...


Ibn Umar said that he thought that he said on the third occasion: "Earthquakes and fitnah are there, and there shall arise the horn of Satan." Sahih Bukhari Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... Fitna is an Arabic word for civil war, disagreement, division within Islam. ... Gustave Dores depiction of Satan from John Miltons Paradise Lost Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek and Latin Sátanas (Σατανάς), Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Åšaá¹­anâ; Arabic شيطان Shaitan: both words mean Adversary; accuser; derived from the Semitic root Å¡á¹­n, which carries the semantics of opposing, obstructing, and of being... Sahih Bukhari is a hadith collection written by Muhammad al-Bukhari. ...



Some have tried to refute this hadith by claiming that at that time, Najd was known by Al Yamamah and the word "Najd" was just another name of the Southern region of Iraq. One response is found here


(See bottom of this page for original Arabic version)


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