Hadith #553
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ أَبِي قُتَيْلَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ حَوَالَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَيَصِ
يرُ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى أَنْ تَكُونَ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ جُنْدٌ بِالشَّامِ وَجُنْدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ وَجُنْدٌ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ خِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَاكَ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ فَإِنَّهُ خِيرَةُ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ خِيرَتَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِيَمَنِكُمْ وَاسْقُوا مِنْ غُدُرِكُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ تَوَكَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ
Isnad Chain
بقية
بحير بن سعد
خالد بن معدان
أبي قتيلة
ابن حوالة
English Translation
Ḥaywah ibn Shurayḥ and Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbihi narrated to us, they said: Baqiyyah narrated to us, he said: Baḥīr ibn Saʿd narrated to me, from Khālid ibn Maʿdān, from Abū Qutaylah, from Ibn Ḥawālah who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The matter will come to a point where there will be organized armies: an army in al-Shām, an army in Yemen, and an army in Iraq." Ibn Ḥawālah said: "Choose for me, O Messenger of Allāh, if I live to see that." He said: "You must go to al-Shām, for it is Allāh's chosen land. He draws His chosen servants to it. If you refuse, then go to your Yemen and drink from your pools, for Allāh عز وجل has guaranteed for me al-Shām and its people."
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 553
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16391
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52781