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2243. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Faith is Yemeni, and disbelief is from the direction of the east. Tranquility is for the people of sheep, and wickedness and Riyā is in those who boast among the people of horses and the people of camels. Al-Masih - that is Ad-Dajjāl - will come, and when he reaches behind Uḥud, the angels will turn his face to the direction of Ash-Shām, and it is there that he will be destroyed." (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is [Ḥasan] Ṣaḥīh.
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Commentary
The Ḥadīth contains appreciation by the Prophet ﷺ of the quality of faith in the hearts of the people of Yemen. The appreciation may, however, be taken to belong to the people of his time, or that during these events, Yemen is the only land that faith will remain. The expression 'direction of the east' refers to east of Al-Madinah, namely Iraq and Iran which have been described by the Prophet ﷺ as the bastion of conflict and disbelief. History bears witness that all trials and afflictions in religion and politics have initially raised their heads in the lands of Iraq and Iran.
