Hadith #327
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ { الم غُلِبَتْ الرُّومُ } قَالَ غُلِبَتْ وَغَلَبَتْ قَالَ كَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ فَارِسُ عَلَى الرُّومِ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ أَوْثَانٍ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ الرُّومُ عَلَى فَارِسَ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ فَذَكَرُوهُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ قَالَ فَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَهُمْ فَقَالُوا اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ أَجَلًا فَإِنْ ظ
َهَرْنَا كَانَ لَنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنْ ظَهَرْتُمْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَجَعَلَ أَجَلًا خَمْسَ سِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَظْهَرُوا فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَلَا جَعَلْتَهَا إِلَى دُونَ قَالَ أُرَاهُ قَالَ الْعَشْرِ قَالَ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ الْبِضْعُ مَا دُونَ الْعَشْرِ ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ الرُّومُ بَعْدُ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ { الم غُلِبَتْ الرُّومُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ } قَالَ يَفْرَحُونَ { بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ }
Isnad Chain
معاوية بن عمرو
أبو إسحاق
سفيان
حبيب بن أبي عمرة
سعيد بن جبير
English Translation
Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Habib ibn Abi 'Amrah, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) regarding the verse: 'Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated' [Ar-Rum 30:1-2] — he said: They were defeated and they were victorious. The polytheists wanted the Persians to be victorious over the Romans, and the Muslims wanted the Romans to be victorious over the Persians, because they were People of the Book. Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said: 'They will certainly be victorious.' Abu Bakr mentioned this to the polytheists, and they said: 'Set a time limit between us.' So they set a limit of five years, and they were not victorious. Abu Bakr mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Why did you not make it less than ten?' The narrator said: Within less than ten years, the Romans were victorious.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 9, Hadith 327
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2365
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38755