Who Was The thirty liars? False prophets foretold 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 history74 / 76
الدجالون الكذابون
The thirty liars
False prophets foretoldBefore the Hour
Relied onThe claim to be a messenger of Allah
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Undone byThe seal of prophethood
The Prophet ﷺ foretold that before the Hour about thirty liars would appear, each claiming to be a messenger of Allah.
How it ended
Musaylimah, al-Aswad, Tulayhah and Sajah were among the first. Every claimant since has failed, because Muhammad ﷺ is the last of the prophets (33:40).
Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, Knowing.
Authentic hadithSahih al-Bukhari. Scholars such as Ibn Hajar understood it of claimants who gained a following, not every person who ever made the claim.Sahih al-Bukhari 3609 ↗
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.
