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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 16654
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وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - : " تُجَنِّدُونَ أَجْنَادًا " . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، خِرْ لِي ؟ فَقَالَ : " عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ ; فَإِنَّهَا صَفْوَةُ اللَّهِ مِنْ بِلَادِهِ ، فِيهَا خِيرَتُهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ، فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِيَمَنِهِ ، وَلْيُسْقَ بِغَدْرِهِ ; فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ " . رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَالْبَزَّارُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَلْحَقْ بِنَجْدِهِ " . وَفِي إِسْنَادَيْهِمَا مَنْ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُمْ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will be divided into various armies." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Recommend one for me." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You must go to Syria (al-Sham), for it is the chosen one of Allah Almighty among His lands, and in it Allah Almighty will place the best of His servants. Whoever turns away from that should go to his Yemen and drink from its water-pools, for Allah Almighty has given me a guarantee concerning Syria and its people."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in "al-Awsat", and al-Bazzar also recorded it, but he recorded these words: "Whoever turns away from it should go to his Najd." The chains of both contain narrators whom I do not know.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in "al-Awsat", and al-Bazzar also recorded it, but he recorded these words: "Whoever turns away from it should go to his Najd." The chains of both contain narrators whom I do not know.
