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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 16647
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وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَوَالَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، خِرْ لِي بَلَدًا أَكُونُ فِيهِ ، فَلَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَبْقَى لَمْ أَخْتَرْ عَنْ قُرْبِكَ شَيْئًا . فَقَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ " . فَلَمَّا رَأَى كَرَاهِيَتِي لِلشَّامِ قَالَ : " أَتَدْرِي مَا يَقُولُ اللَّهُ فِي الشَّامِ ؟ إِنَّ اللَّهَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يَقُولُ : يَا شَامُ ، أَنْتِ صَفْوَتِي مِنْ بِلَادِي ، أُدْخِلُ فِيكِ خِيرَتِي مِنْ عِبَادِي . إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ " . قُلْتُ : رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِاخْتِصَارٍ كَثِيرٍ . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ مِنْ طَرِيقَيْنِ ، وَرِجَالُ أَحَدِهِمَا رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ غَيْرَ صَالِحِ بْنِ رُسْتُمَ ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah al-Azdi (may Allah be pleased with him) states that he said: "O Messenger of Allah! Choose (that is, recommend) a city for me in which I should live. If I knew that you would remain, I would not choose anything over being near you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You must live in Syria (al-Sham)." The narrator states: When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that I disliked Syria, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what Allah Almighty has said about Syria? Allah Almighty has said: 'O Syria! You are My chosen one among My lands, and I will bring into you the best of My servants.' (Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) Allah Almighty has given me a guarantee concerning Syria and its people."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Abu Dawud recorded this report in a much abridged form.
Al-Tabarani recorded it through two routes; the narrators of one of them are the narrators of the Sahih, except Salih bin Rustam, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Abu Dawud recorded this report in a much abridged form.
Al-Tabarani recorded it through two routes; the narrators of one of them are the narrators of the Sahih, except Salih bin Rustam, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
