Who Was Vasco da Gama? Who burned the pilgrim ship in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 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 ↗

Villains of history71 / 76

فاسكو دا غاما

Vasco da Gama

Who burned the pilgrim ship1502 CE · 908 AH

On his second voyage to India in 1502, he captured the Miri, a ship carrying pilgrims home from Makkah. The passengers offered their wealth for their lives; he took the cargo and set the ship on fire with them aboard.

How it ended

Hundreds of men, women and children died. Portuguese fleets went on to attack Muslim ports and shipping across the Indian Ocean for a century.

…[violate the safety of] those coming to the Sacred House seeking bounty from their Lord and [His] approval. …
Quran 5:2

The lessonThe Quran guards the safety of those travelling to the Sacred House (5:2).

In the Quran

5:2

Stood against: the pilgrims of the Miri
Source: Recorded by historiansTold by the Portuguese eyewitness Tome Lopes, and by Zayn al-Din al-Ma'bari in Tuhfat al-Mujahidin. The number of dead varies in the sources.

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.