(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”مَنَعَتِ الْعِرَاقُ قَفِيزَهَا وَدِرْهَمَهَا، وَمَنَعَتِ الشَّامُ مُدَّهَا وَدِينَارَهَا، وَمُنِعَتْ مِصْرُ إِرْدَبَّهَا وَدِينَارَهَا، وَعُدْتُّمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأْتُمْ وَعُدْتُّمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَأْتُمْ“ يَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَحْمُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَدَمُهُ
(Second chain) Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (A time will come) when the people of Iraq will withhold their qafiz and dirham, Syria its mudd and dinar, and Egypt its irdabb and dinar, and you will return to where you began, and you will return to where you started. The flesh and blood of Abu Hurairah bears witness to this truth.