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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1263

الأعماق وفتح القسطنطينية
1264
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 425Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٤٢٥ · عن كعبالأعماق وفتح القسطنطينية

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

Traced to Ka'b al-Ahbar (automatic guess): a report of earlier scriptures, not a hadith of the Prophet ﷺ.

حدثنا نعيم ثنا الوليد، عن يزيد بن سعيد العنسي، عن مدلج بن المقدام العذري، عن كعب، قال: " فتغدر الروم بمن كان فيها، فتجتمع وتأتي بجيش في البحر من رومية، عليهم صاحب لهم يقال له الجمل، أحد أبويه جنية، أو قال: شيطان، فيسير بسفنه حتى ينزل ديرا يقال له عمق في عكا "

Then the Romans would betray those who were there, and they would gather and bring an army into the sea from Rome. Over them would be a companion of theirs called Al-Jamal. One of his parents was a fairy, or he said: a devil. He would travel with his ships until he landed at a monastery called Aqma in Akka.

نعيم ثنا الوليديزيد بن سعيد العنسيمدلج بن المقدام العذريكعبautomatic reading, unverified

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1263 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.

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