At a glance
The story
Malik relates from Abu al-Zubayr al-Makki that Abu Muizz al-Aslami told him he was sitting with Abdullah ibn Umar when a woman came to consult him, saying: I came wanting to circle the House, but when I was at the mosque door I spilled blood, so I went back until it left me, then I came again and spilled blood three times. Abdullah ibn Umar said: that is only a strike from the shaytan — wash, seek refuge with a garment, then circle 1 Muwatta 1085.
The meaning
In this report Ibn Umar counted the sudden bleeding that befalls a woman at the Kaaba door as a strike from the shaytan, and ordered her to wash, seek refuge with a garment, then circle 1.
Notes
Among Ibn Umar jurisprudential reports on seeking refuge from the shaytan during tawaf; this browser shows it in the devils section 1.
Connections
- Related to
- Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· Malik ibn Anas· Evil ones among humans and jinn· Muwatta 1085
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1085
People and things also explored
The fitna rises where the shaytan horn rises· Umar on prayer at sunrise and the shaytan's horn· Muwatta 24· Muwatta 313· Muwatta 589· Muwatta 1688· Muwatta 1720· Muwatta 1731
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The woman and the blood at the Kaaba door”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/woman-and-the-blood-at-the-kaaba-door/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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