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Musnad Ahmad 23477

حديث ذي مخمر رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
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Musnad AhmadHadith 23477Ungradedمسند أحمدرقم ٢٣٤٧٧حديث ذي مخمر رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

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حدثنا روح، حدثنا الأوزاعي، عن حسان بن عطية، عن خالد بن معدان، عن ذي مخمر رجل من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: " سيصالحكم الروم صلحا آمنا، ثم تغزون وهم عدوا فتنصرون، وتسلمون وتغنمون، ثم تنصرفون حتى تنزلوا بمرج ذي تلول، فيرفع رجل من النصرانية صليبا فيقول: غلب الصليب، فيغضب رجل من المسلمين، فيقوم إليه فيدقه فعند ذلك يغدر الروم، ويجتمعون للملحمة "، وقال روح مرة: " وتسلمون وتغنمون، وتقيمون ثم تنصرفون

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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 #23477 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.'

[Core Subject]: Al-Rum, the Romans, were the Byzantine Empire in the Prophet's time. Many narrations about the end speak of the Muslims' relations with them: a truce, a joint war, then the great battle.

[Described Characteristics]: Amr ibn al-As heard that the Hour will come when the Romans are the most numerous of people, and he listed their good qualities: they are the most forbearing in trial, the quickest to recover after a disaster, the best to the poor, orphans and the weak, and they resist the oppression of kings.

[Timeline & Context]: Their part runs through the whole time before the Dajjal: first the truce, then the war, then the conquest of Constantinople.

[Prophetic Practice]: Amr's words teach fairness: name the good in others even when speaking of conflict.

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