Who Was Abdullah ibn Ubayy? Head of the hypocrites 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 ↗
Villains of history17 / 26
عبد الله بن أبي
Abdullah ibn Ubayy
Head of the hypocrites622–631 CE
Relied onTwo faces
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Undone byVerses that exposed him
A Madinah chief who was about to be crowned when the Prophet ﷺ arrived. He claimed Islam, then pulled a third of the army back before Uhud and spread the slander against Aisha.
How it ended
He died in 9 AH. The Prophet ﷺ prayed over him out of mercy, and then a verse came forbidding prayer over hypocrites (9:84).
They say, "If we return to al-Madinah, the more honored [for power] will surely expel therefrom the more humble." And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.
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.
