مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
ما جاء في أهل الشامNarrations Reported Regarding the People of Sham
Hadith 34646
٣٤٦٤٦ - حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن حصين عن أبي مالك: ﴿الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا﴾ [الأنبياء: ٧١]، قال: الشام.
Hazrat Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Abu Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the verse of the Qur'an { الأَرْضِ الَّتِی بَارَکْنَا فِیہَا } translation: "The land which We have made blessed." said: By this, Sham (Greater Syria) is meant.
