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Bayhaqi 18609 — The religion of the Prophet ﷺ prevailing over all

أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دَرَسْتَوَيْهِ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانُ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ، يَرُدُّ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حَوَالَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَشَكَوْنَا إِلَيْهِ الْعُرْيَ وَالْفَقْرَ وَقِلَّةَ الشَّيْءِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَبْشِرُوا فَوَاللهِ لَأَنَا بِكَثْرَةِ الشَّيْءِ أَخْوَفُنِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ قِلَّتِهِ، وَاللهِ لَا يَزَالُ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فِيكُمْ حَتَّى يَفْتَحَ اللهُ أَرْضَ فَارِسَ وَأَرْضَ الرُّومِ وَأَرْضَ حِمْيَرَ، وَحَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَجْنَادًا ثَلَاثَةً، جُنْدًا بِالشَّامِ، وَجُنْدًا بِالْعِرَاقِ، وَجُنْدًا بِالْيَمَنِ، وَحَتَّى يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ الْمِائَةَ فَيَسْخَطَهَا ". قَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ الشَّامَ وَبِهِ الرُّومُ ذَوَاتُ الْقُرُونِ؟ قَالَ: " وَاللهِ لَيَفْتَحَنَّهَا اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّكُمْ فِيهَا، حَتَّى يَظَلَّ الْعِصَابَةُ الْبِيضُ مِنْهُمْ قُمُصُهُمُ، الْمُلْحَمَةُ أَقْفَاؤُهُمْ، قِيَامًا عَلَى الرُّوَيْجِلِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنْكُمُ الْمَحْلُوقِ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ، وَإِنَّ بِهَا رِجَالًا لَأَنْتُمْ أَحْقَرُ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ مِنَ الْقِرْدَانِ فِي أَعْجَازِ الْإِبِلِ ". قَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اخْتَرْ لِي إِنْ أَدْرَكَنِي ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: " إِنِّي أَخْتَارُ لَكَ الشَّامَ فَإِنَّهُ صَفْوَةُ اللهِ مِنْ بِلَادِهِ، وَإِلَيْهِ تُجْتَبَى صَفْوَتُهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، يَا أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ، فَإِنَّ مِنْ صَفْوَةِ اللهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ الشَّامَ، أَلَا فَمَنْ أَبَى فَلْيَسْتَبْقِ فِي غُدُرِ الْيَمَنِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ ". قَالَ أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ: فَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يَقُولُ: فَعَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَعْتَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي حُرِّ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ السُّلَمِيِّ، وَكَانَ عَلَى الْأَعَاجِمِ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ، فَكَانَ إِذَا رَاحُوا إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ نَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَيْهِمْ قِيَامًا حَوْلَهُ فَعَجِبُوا لِنَعْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ وَفِيهِمْ. قَالَ أَبُو عَلْقَمَةَ: أَقْسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ أَقْسَمَ فِي حَدِيثٍ مِثْلَهُ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ زُغْبٍ الْإِيَادِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَوَالَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَيُفْتَحَنَّ لَكُمُ الشَّامُ، ثُمَّ لَتَقْسِمُنَّ كُنُوزَ فَارِسَ وَالرُّومِ ".
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we complained of nakedness, poverty and scarcity of things. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Allah! I fear abundance of things for you more than their scarcity. By Allah! This state of yours will continue until Allah conquers Persia, Rome and Himyar, and you are divided into three armies: one army in Syria, another in Iraq and a third in Yemen, and until a man is given a hundred and is displeased with it." Ibn Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Who will have the strength to conquer Syria and Rome? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah will certainly grant you victory and make you successors there, until a band of them, with white shirts and fleshy napes, will stand in attendance upon a little shaven-headed black man of yours, doing whatever he commands them; while there are men there today in whose eyes you are more contemptible than the ticks on the hindquarters of camels." Ibn Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! If that time reaches me, choose for me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I choose Syria for you, for it is among the chosen lands of Allah, and the chosen servants of Allah will take refuge in it. O people of Yemen! Hold fast to Syria, for the land of Syria is chosen by Allah. Beware! Whoever refuses this, let him go to Yemen, for Allah has given a guarantee for the people of Syria."
(b) Abd al-Rahman bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: The Companions recognised the description in this hadith in Hurr bin Suhayl al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him), who at that time was the commander over the non-Arabs. When he came to the mosque, the people would stand around him to see him, and the Companions marvelled at seeing the description given by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in him and his companions. Abu Alqamah says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) swore oaths three times.
(c) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hawalah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah will grant the conquest of Syria, and you will divide the treasures of Persia and Rome."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18609
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