Who Was Sajah? The prophetess of Tamim 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 ↗

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سجاح

Sajah

The prophetess of Tamim632–633 CE

Relied onThe tribes of Tamim and Taghlib

Undone byHer own pact with Musaylimah

A woman of Banu Tamim who claimed prophethood after the Prophet's ﷺ death and marched on Yamamah, then made a pact with Musaylimah and married him.

How it ended

She turned back home after the pact, and her following melted away. Historians report she later accepted Islam and lived as a Muslim in Basra.

And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him …
Quran 6:93

The lessonA claim built on alliances falls apart when the alliance does.

In the Quran

6:93 33:40

Stood against: Abu Bakr
Source: Recorded by historiansFrom al-Tabari. Her return to Islam, in the time of Muawiyah, is reported by the historians.

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.

Before the worldBefore Adam

Before Adam Iblis: the one who refused