Fighting the Persians and the Romans, and their enmity

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The Muslims will prevail over the Romans, the Muslims will prevail over the Persians, and the Muslims will prevail over the Arabian Peninsula."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator who is not named.

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Ibn Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the people complained to him of poverty, of not having adequate clothing, and of the scarcity of things. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Receive glad tidings! By Allah, I fear for you the abundance of things more than their scarcity. By Allah, this matter will remain among you until an army is conquered for you in Syria, an army in Iraq and an army in Yemen, to the point that a man will be given a hundred (dirhams, dinars or camels) and will be displeased with it." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "How will we gain control of Syria, with the Romans there, who are mighty warriors?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It will be conquered for you, and you will be made rulers there, until a group from among them, with white shirts and shaved napes, will stand in attendance upon a little dark man from among you; whatever he commands them, they will carry out. And today there are men there in whose eyes you are more contemptible than ticks on the hindquarters of camels." After this, the narrator mentioned the complete hadith.
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains, the narrators of one of which are the narrators of the Sahih, except Nasr bin Alqamah, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Wazzah (may Allah be pleased with him), who had the honour of being a Companion from early times, narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Soon a little man will be made commander over them, and people will gather around him whose napes are shaved and whose shirts are white; whenever he commands them with something, they will present themselves." The narrator says: Then a time came when Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Wazzah (may Allah be pleased with him) became the governor of one of the towns there, and a group of dihqans (local landlords) gathered around him whose napes were shaved and whose shirts were white. Whenever Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Wazzah (may Allah be pleased with him) commanded them with something, they would present themselves, and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah Almighty and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the truth."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Al-Hirah was shown to me like the fangs of dogs, and you will soon conquer it." A man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, grant me the daughter of Buqaylah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "She is yours." (When the city was conquered,) the people gave that woman to him. Her brother came and said: "Will you sell her?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then set whatever price you wish." He said: "One thousand dirhams." Her brother said: "I take her for one thousand dirhams." The people said to that man: "Had you said even thirty thousand dirhams, they would have given it." He said: "Is there any number greater than one thousand?"
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih. This narration also has another route, a hadith from the person of this story, concerning the fighting against the apostates.

Sayyiduna al-Mustawrid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once I was with Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), and I said to him: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The harshest of people against you will be the Romans, and their destruction will only come with the Hour." Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Did I not forbid you from saying things like this?"
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, in whom there is weakness, and his narrations are hasan (good). The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

A man from the tribe of Khath'am narrates: During the Battle of Tabuk we were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). One night he stopped, and his Companions gathered around him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tonight Allah Almighty has given me the two treasures: the treasure of the Persians and the treasure of the Romans. And He has reinforced me with kings, the red kings of Himyar, and sovereignty belongs to Allah Almighty alone. They will come, take from the wealth of Allah, and fight in the way of Allah." He said this three times.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu Hammam al-Sha'bani, whom I do not know. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Iyad al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I took part in Yarmuk, and five men were our commanders: Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Yazid bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ibn Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Iyad (may Allah be pleased with him); this Iyad is not the one who narrated this hadith to Simak. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had said: "When there is fighting, Abu Ubaydah will be your commander." The narrator says: We wrote to him that death was surging towards us, and we asked him for reinforcements. He wrote back to us: "Your letter has reached me in which you ask me for reinforcements. I am sending you that which is mightiest in giving help and most present in battle, and that is Allah Almighty, so ask Him for help. For when Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was helped on the day of Badr, (the Muslims) were fewer in number than you. When this letter of mine reaches you, fight the enemy and do not refer back to me again." The narrator says: We fought the enemy, killed them and drove them back four farsakhs. The narrator says: We obtained wealth and consulted one another about it, and Sayyiduna Iyad (may Allah be pleased with him) advised us to give ten on behalf of each person. The narrator says: Once Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Who will race against me?" A young man said: "I will, if you will not be angry." The narrator says: I saw that the young man outran Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him), and I saw the two braids of Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) bouncing as he rode behind the young man on the bare back of his horse.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Zuhri narrates: After the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent commanders to Syria, and he appointed Sayyiduna Khalid bin Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) as commander of an army.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except that al-Zuhri did not live in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Khubayb bin Abi Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna al-Harith bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ayyash bin Abi Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) had been severely wounded in the Battle of Yarmuk. Sayyiduna al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) asked for water. Ikrimah was looking at it, so he said: "Give it to Ikrimah first." The one giving it handed it towards Sayyiduna Ikrimah (may Allah be pleased with him), but Sayyiduna Ayyash bin Abi Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) was looking at it, so Sayyiduna Ikrimah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Give it to Ayyash." The water did not reach any of them before all three of them passed away, and they did not even taste it.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrator Khubayb did not live in the time of the Battle of Yarmuk, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Muhajir bin Dinar narrates: Sayyidah Asma' bint Yazid bin al-Sakan (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the cousin of Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), killed nine Romans with a tent pole on the day of the Battle of Yarmuk.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Wa'il narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) heard a man saying: "Where are those who renounce this world and long for the Hereafter?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Those people have gone; they were the people of al-Jabiyah. Five hundred Muslims made it a condition that they would not return until they were martyred. They shaved their heads, faced the enemy, and were all martyred, except the one man who brought the news about them."
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Ali bin Asim, who makes many mistakes. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).