Najd

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Najd or Nejd (Arabic: نجد‎ Naǧd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nation's capital, Riyadh. Najd is a plateau ranging from 762 to 1,525m in height. The eastern section is marked by oasis settlements, elsewhere the region is sparsely occupied by nomadic Bedouins. An individual from Najd is called a Najdi in Arabic.

1 History
2 Hadith
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The region was conquered by the Wahhabi forces of Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Saud, from the Ottoman Empire, during the period of 1899–1912. In 1932, Najd became a province of ibn Saud's newly formed Saudi Arabia.

Among the prominent people born in Najd are Ibn Baz, Ibn Uthaimeen and also Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab.

Najd was involved in the Ridda wars, Abu Bakr sent Khalid ibn al-Walid into Najd with 4000 men.

[edit] Hadith

A well-known Hadith of Muhammad seems to portray the Najdi in a negative light, the Hadith of Najd.

A group of people came to the Prophet (upon him be peace) and said, "O Allah, bless our Syria and our Yemen!" Another group came and they said: "Ya Rasulallah, and our Najd!" He didn't reply. He blessed Syria and Yemen twice more. They asked him to bless Najd twice more but he didn't reply. The third time he said: "There [in Najd] are the earthquakes and the dissensions, and through it will dawn the epoch [or horn] of shaytan."