Consider the following Hadith:
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17 (Dua for Rin, Istisqaa):
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَامِنَا وَفِي يَمَنِنَا. قَالَ قَالُوا وَفِي نَجْدِنَا قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَامِنَا وَفِي يَمَنِنَا. قَالَ قَالُوا وَفِي نَجْدِنَا قَالَ قَالَ هُنَاكَ الزَّلاَزِلُ وَالْفِتَنُ، وَبِهَا يَطْلُعُ قَرْنُ الشَّيْطَانِ.
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."
قَرْنُ الشَّيْطَانِ- Qarnu Shaitaan: Some have translated it as Horn of the Devil.
The Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam) pointed towards the East and said:
"There, that is the direction from where Fitna will emerge."
"There, that is the direction from where Fitna will emerge."
The Wahhabis have been propagating lies in order to hide themselves from this hadith. They have worked hard with their fabricated materials and corrupted logic to label Iraq as Najd. But we shall clearly and logically refute this InshaAllah.
Najd and Iraq are different:
Consider the following Hadith:
Further evidence can be cited from the cluster of hadiths which identify the miqat points for pilgrims. In a hadith narrated by Imam Nasa’i (Manasik al-Hajj, 22), ‘A’isha (r.a.) declared that ‘Allah’s Messenger (s.w.s.) established the miqat for the people of Madina at Dhu’l-Hulayfa, for the people of Syria and Egypt at al-Juhfa, for the people of Iraq at Dhat Irq, and for the people of Najd at Qarn, and for the Yemenis at Yalamlam.’ Imam Muslim (Hajj, 2) narrates a similar hadith: ‘for the people of Madina it is Dhu’l-Hulayfa - while on the other road it is al-Juhfa - for the people of Iraq it is Dhat Irq, for the people of Najd it is Qarn, and for the people of Yemen it is Yalamlam.’
Sahih Muslim Book 007, Hadith Number 2666.
Chapter : The place where the pilgrims enter upon the state of Ihram.
Abu Zubair heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) as saying as he was asked about (the place for entering upon the) state of Ihram: I heard (and I think he carried it directly to the Apostle of Allah) him saying: For the people of Medina Dhu'l-Hulaifa is the place for entering upon the state of Ihram, and for (the people coming through the other way, i.e. Syria) it is Juhfa; for the people of Iraq it is Dbat al-'Irq; for the people of Najd it is Qarn (al-Manazil) and for the people of Yemen it is Yalamlam.
So, from the Sahih Hadith itself we have clearly demonstrated that Najd and Iraq are two different places. The wahhabis try to convince people that the Martydom of Hussein (ra) and many more tribulations and fitnah happened in Iraq, so Njad refers to Iraq. But how come through out the Islamic history, where there were fitnah and tribulations in Kufa, Iraq, no Historian (Islamic or western; a Kufite or a Madani, makki) has ever referred Iraq as 'Najd'. History books are full of fitnahs and trails of Kufa, Basra, iraq, but none use the word Najd to describe these regions. Because anyone who knows History, knows that Najd might literally mean 'high land' or 'plateau', but the name Najd belongs to the central land of Saudi arabia (present Riyad and surrounding places). Now this new sect of Wahhabis has started this propaganda. Rasool Allah (saw) considered Najd and Iraq as two different places, that is why two different miqat points were allotted for these two different places.
Location of Najd is derived from the Hadith as located:
- East of Madina (Most commonly accepted)
- Towards Iraq (opinion of few scholars)
From ibn Umar that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alyahi wa sallam, saying while facing the east: “Indeed Afflictions are there, from where appears the Horn of Satan.” (Shahih Muslim No.5167)
حدثنا عبد الله ثنا أبي ثنا أبو سعيد مولى بنى هاشم ثنا عقبة بن أبي الصهباء ثنا سالم عن عبد الله بن عمر قال صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم الفجر ثم سلم فاستقبل مطلع الشمس فقال ألا ان الفتنة ههنا ألا ان الفتنة ههنا حيث يطلع قرن الشيطان
Muhammad PBUH did the Dawn Prayer and facing toward the SUN RISE (east) and said: “Fitnah will come from here. Fitnah will come from here from the horn of Satan” [Musnad Ahmad 2/72 no 5410 shahih]
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Let us have a look at Old Maps of the Arabian penensula:
We already proved that Iraq and Najd are two different places. The Prophet (saw), from whom all these Hadiths originate, himself considered Iraq and Najd as different places. And also, "Towards Iraq" does not mean Iraq. Does it? Let us have a look at some maps. Najd is underlined in Red.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Defines Najd:
Najd, also spelled Nejd, region, central Saudi Arabia, comprising a mainly rocky plateau sloping eastward from the mountains of the Hejaz. On the northern, eastern, and southern sides, it is bounded by the sand deserts of Al-Nafūd, Al-Dahnāʾ, and the Rubʿ al-Khali. It is sparsely settled, except for the fertile oases strung along the escarpment of Jabal (mountains) Ṭuwayq and the Al-ʿAramah plateau. The arid region remained politically divided among rival peoples until the mid-18th century, when it became the centre of the Wahhābī, a fundamentalist Islamic movement. Led by the Muslim scholar Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb and the Āl Saʿūd family, the movement consolidated Najd and expanded into Mecca in 1803. This expansionist policy antagonized the Ottomans, who seized the provincial capital of Al-Dirʿiyyah. The Āl Saʿūd, however, quickly regained control, and, with Riyadh as the new capital from 1824, the dynasty has ruled Najd continuously, save for a brief period around the turn of the century when the Rashīd dynasty extended its power over the province. Ibn Saʿūd proclaimed the unified Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, and his provincial capital of Riyadh became the national capital, although Jiddah continued as the diplomatic capital.
Confessions of a British Spy: Hempher, the British Spy, in his Book 'Confessions of a British Spy'calls to Mohammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab as 'Najdi' at many times; as Ibn Abdul wahhab was from Najd, the central land of Saudi Arabia. Anybody who opens History books of Arab, will find 'Najd' written all over Riyad and its surrounding places.
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