Who Was Abu Tahir al-Jannabi? Who stole the Black Stone in Islamic History
Before the worldBefore Adam
The first nationsAdam to Ibrahim
Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE
Arabia before Islam523–570 CE
Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE
After the Prophet ﷺ632–1260 CE
The end of timeStill to come
Ten signs before the Hour
Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering
Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗
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أبو طاهر الجنابي
Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
Who stole the Black Stone930 CE · 317 AH
Relied onSwords inside the Haram
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Undone byDisease; the Stone came home
Leader of the Qarmatians. He attacked Makkah during Hajj, killed pilgrims inside the Haram, threw bodies into Zamzam, and carried the Black Stone off to Bahrain.
How it ended
He died of disease in 944. The Black Stone came home in 951, after 22 years away.
…whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] or wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.
Recorded by historiansIbn Kathir, al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya.
Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal
Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.
