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المستدرك على الصحيحين
الإمام أبو عبد الله الحاكم النيسابوري (ت ٤٠٥ هـ)

al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8430

كتاب الفتن والملاحم
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al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim)Hadith 8430Ungradedالمستدرك على الصحيحينرقم ٨٤٣٠كتاب الفتن والملاحم

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حدثنا محمد، ثنا بحر بن نصر، ثنا ابن وهب، ثنا معاوية بن صالح، عن أبي الزاهرية، عن كعب، قال: «لا تكون الملاحم إلا على يدي رجل من آل هرقل الرابع - أو الخامس - يقال له طيارة»

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Grading (tahqiq)

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  • al-Dhahabi (Talkhis)سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص

Edition al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn, ed. Mustafa 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ata, Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, Beirut 1990, with al-Dhahabi's Talkhis (OpenITI Shamela0002266)

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #8430 in al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim).

[Isnad Grading & Assessment]: Scholar verdicts : al-Dhahabi (Talkhis): سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص.

[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.'

Commentaries by classical hadith scholars. The Arabic texts are shown as published.