At a glance
The story
Al-Muwatta relates from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar from Abdullah al-Sunabihi that the Prophet ﷺ reported the sun rises with the shaytan's horn: when it climbs he parts from it, when it stands he joins it, when it declines he parts, when it nears sunset he joins it, when it sets he parts — and he forbade prayer in those hours 1 Muwatta 584.
The meaning
This hadith is among the foundations of the prohibition of prayer in disliked times; the shaytan's horn accompanies the sun in certain hours 1.
Notes
Companion to Umar's report on the shaytan's horn at sunrise and sunset; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Muhammad· Abd al-Rahman ibn Usayla al-Sunabihi· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 584
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 584
People and things also explored
Muwatta 584· The good dream is from God and the bad dream is from the shaytan· The shaytan lays Bilal down in the Mecca journey· The shaytan at the well of the traveller· Disheveled hair and beard like a shaytan· The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises· Whoever raises his head before the imam — his forelock is in a shaytan's hand· Saying "if only" opens the shaytan s work
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The sun and the shaytan's horn in the prayer times”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/sun-and-the-shaytans-horn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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