Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8479 — When Syria had settled with all its ease

Sayyiduna Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "When Syria had settled with all its ease (that is, with peace and prosperity) and was full of bathaniyyah (a fine variety of wheat) and honey, the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), wrote to me to set out for al-Hind, and I disliked that." He said: "And al-Hind, in our minds at that time, was Basrah." A man said: "O Abu Sulayman, fear Allah, for the trials (fitan) have appeared." He said: "Is Ibn al-Khattab (Umar, may Allah be pleased with him) alive? The trials will only come after him, when people will be in dhi billiyan (a state of misery and dispersal), in such-and-such a place and such-and-such a place. A man will reflect and think whether he can find a place upon which has not descended the like of the trial and evil that has descended upon his own place, but we will not find it. Those are the days which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned as the days of 'harj' before the Hour. So seek refuge with Allah from those days overtaking me and you."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Asim except Abu Awanah."