It is reported about Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O people of Sham! An Ansari narrated this hadith to me; here the narrator Shu'bah stated that by that Ansari is meant Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of my Ummah will always remain upon the truth." Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O people of Sham! I hope that you are the ones meant by this.
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abu Abdullah al-Shami, whom Ibn Abi Hatim mentioned, and no one has criticised him; the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الفتن - أعاذنا الله منها / 12245
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ حسن
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