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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب المناقب
Book of Virtues
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي فَضْلِ الشَّامِ .
Reports on the virtue of Syria
Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 16645
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وَعَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " إِنَّكُمْ سَتُجَنَّدُونَ أَجْنَادًا : جُنْدٌ بِالشَّامِ ، وَمِصْرَ ، وَالْعِرَاقِ ، وَالْيَمَنِ " . قَالُوا : فَخِرْ لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ " . قَالُوا : إِنَّا أَصْحَابُ مَاشِيَةٍ ، وَلَا نُطِيقُ الشَّامَ ، قَالَ : " فَمَنْ لَمْ يُطِقِ الشَّامَ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِيَمَنِهِ ; فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ " . رَوَاهُ الْبَزَّارُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ ، وَقَالَ : " فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِيَمَنِهِ ، وَلْيُسْقَ مِنْ غَدْرِهِ " . وَفِيهِمَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ، وَقَدْ وَثَّقَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ ، وَفِيهِ خِلَافٌ لَا يَضُرُّ ، وَبَقِيَّةُ رِجَالِهِ ثِقَاتٌ .
Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
"Soon you will be formed into various armies: an army in Syria (al-Sham), in Egypt, in Iraq and in Yemen." The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! Make a choice for us (that is, recommend one)."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You must live in Syria."
The people said: "We are people with livestock; we cannot manage to live in Syria." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Whoever cannot manage to live in Syria should go to his Yemen, for Allah Almighty has given me a guarantee concerning Syria."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded these words:
"He should go to his Yemen and drink from its water-pools."
Both reports contain a narrator, Sulayman bin Utbah, whom a group declared thiqah (trustworthy); there is disagreement about him that does no harm. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
"Soon you will be formed into various armies: an army in Syria (al-Sham), in Egypt, in Iraq and in Yemen." The people said: "O Messenger of Allah! Make a choice for us (that is, recommend one)."
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You must live in Syria."
The people said: "We are people with livestock; we cannot manage to live in Syria." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Whoever cannot manage to live in Syria should go to his Yemen, for Allah Almighty has given me a guarantee concerning Syria."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded these words:
"He should go to his Yemen and drink from its water-pools."
Both reports contain a narrator, Sulayman bin Utbah, whom a group declared thiqah (trustworthy); there is disagreement about him that does no harm. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).
