حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
الْحَشْرَجُ بْنُ نُبَاتَةَ الْقَيْسِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي
سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي
أَبِي فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي مَسْجِدَ الْبَصْرَةِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" لَتَنْزِلَنَّ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَرْضًا يُقَالُ لَهَا الْبُصَيْرَةُ ، يَكْثُرُ بِهَا عَدَدُهُمْ ، وَيَكْثُرُ بِهَا نَخْلُهُمْ ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ بَنُو قَنْطُورَاءَ ، عِرَاضُ الْوُجُوهِ صِغَارُ الْعُيُونِ ، حَتَّى يَنْزِلُونَ عَلَى جِسْرٍ لَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ : دِجْلَةُ ، فَيَتَفَرَّقُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ فَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ ، فَيَأْخُذُونَ بِأَذْنَابِ الْإِبِلِ وَتَلْحَقُ بِالْبَادِيَةِ ، وَهَلَكَتْ ، وَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ فَتَأْخُذُ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهَا ، فَكَفَرَتْ ، فَهَذِهِ وَتِلْكَ سَوَاءٌ ، وَأَمَّا فِرْقَةٌ فَيَجْعَلُونَ عِيَالَهُمْ خَلْفَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَيُقَاتِلُونَ ، فَقَتْلَاهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ ، وَيَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَقِيَّتِهَا " . .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once said: "A group from my Ummah will settle in a region called Basrah. On one side of it flows the river Dijlah (Tigris), and it is a land with many gardens. There, the Banu Qantura (Turks) will come and settle. Then the people will be divided into three groups: one group will join their origin and they will be destroyed; one group will transgress against themselves and disbelieve; and one group will fight, leaving their children behind. Their slain will be martyrs, and through the remaining people of this group, victory will be granted to the Muslims." The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.