At a glance
The story
Al-Muwatta relates from Talha ibn Ubaydallah ibn Kariz that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: the shaytan was never seen on a day smaller, more repelled, more despised and more enraged than on the Day of Arafat — all because of the descent of mercy and God's pardoning of great sins — save what he saw on the Day of Badr; asked what he saw, he said: he saw Jibril directing the angels 1 Muwatta 6:1269. The muhaqqiq notes its isnad is mursal.
The meaning
This report joins two sides: the shaytan's rout on Arafat through the descent of mercy and pardon of sins, and the terror of what he saw on Badr when Jibril directed the angels in the Muslims' aid; it is transmitted with a mursal isnad in the Muwatta 1.
Notes
Among the reports of devils and angels on the days of trial; this browser shows it in both the devils and angels sections 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1269· An ifrit of the jinn seeks the Prophet on the Night Journey· The rooster's crow: it saw an angel· Bukhari 3303 — The rooster's crow: it saw an angel· Muwatta 2738· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Angels in Islam (mala'ika)· Evil ones among humans and jinn
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The shaytan's least on Arafat and greatest sight on Badr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/shaytan-weakest-on-arafat-strongest-on-badr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.
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