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حديث رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 22323Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٢٢٣٢٣حديث رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا محمد بن مصعب، حدثنا أبو بكر، عن عبد الرحمن بن جبير، عن أبيه، عن رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " سيفتح عليكم الشام وإن بها مكانا يقال له الغوطة، يعني دمشق، من خير منازل المسلمين في الملاحم "

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Edition Musnad al-Imam Ahmad, ed. Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut et al., Mu'assasat al-Risala, 1995-2001 (OpenITI Shamela0025794); numbering of that edition. Al-Arna'ut's grading footnotes are not in the digital text.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #22323 in Musnad Ahmad.

[Core Subject]: Al-Malhamah al-Kubra is the great battle between the Muslims and the Romans (al-Rum) near the end of time. The narrations describe it as one of the fiercest wars in history.

[Described Characteristics]: The Romans land at al-A'maq or Dabiq in northern Syria. An army from Madinah, the best people on earth in that day, goes out to meet them. A third flees and Allah never accepts their repentance, a third are killed and are the best martyrs, and a third win and are never tried again. Sahih Muslim describes a battle so long that men pledge to fight to the death three days running, and so deadly that a bird flying past the bodies falls dead before reaching their end.

[Timeline & Context]: It comes after a truce with the Romans breaks down, and before the conquest of Constantinople and the Dajjal.

[Prophetic Practice]: The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do not wish to meet the enemy; ask Allah for well-being. But if you meet them, be steadfast.'

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Damascus, Sham (Greater Syria), Ghouta.

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