مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
ما جاء في أهل الشامNarrations Reported Regarding the People of Sham
Hadith 34641
٣٤٦٤١ - حدثنا يزيد قال: أخبرنا المسعودي عن القاسم بن عبد الرحمن قال: مد (الفرات) (١) على عهد عبد اللَّه فكره الناس ذلك قال: أيها الناس، لا تكرهوا مده فإنه يوشك أن (يلتمس) (٢) فيه طست من ماء فلا يوجد، (وذاك) (٣) حين يرجع كل ماء إلى عنصره، فيكون الماء وبقية المؤمنين يومئذ بالشام (٤).
Hazrat Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Qasim bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: During the time of Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), the Euphrates River became very full, so people considered it a bad omen. Upon this, he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O people! Do not consider its increase to be bad. Surely, the time is near when even a small vessel of water will be sought in it, but it will not be found. And this will happen when all the water returns to its origin. And on that day, water and the remaining believers will only be in Shaam (Syria).
