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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1258

الأعماق وفتح القسطنطينية
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 425Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٤٢٥ · عن نعيمالأعماق وفتح القسطنطينية

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

وحدثنا نعيم قال: ثنا الوليد، عن عبد الله بن العلاء بن زبر، سمع أبا الأعيس عبد الرحمن بن سلمان، قال: «يغلب ملك من ملوك الروم على الشام كله إلا دمشق وعمان، ثم ينهزم وتبنى قيسارية أرض الروم، فتصير جند من أجناد أهل الشام، ثم تظهر نار من عدن أبين»

A Roman king conquers all of the Sham (Greater Syria) except Damascus and Amman, then he is defeated and Caesarea, the land of the Romans, is built, and it becomes a host of the people of the Sham (Greater Syria), then fire appears from Aden and Abyan.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1258 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

[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.

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

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