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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1342

ما بقي من الأعماق، وفتح القسطنطينية
1343
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 477Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٤٧٧ · عن عبد الله بن عمرو، سمعهما بقي من الأعماق، 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.

قال كعب: وحدثني مولى لعبد الله بن عمرو، عن عبد الله بن عمرو، سمعه يقول: «إذا رأيت أو سمعت برجل من أبناء الجبابرة بمصر، له سلطان يغلب على سلطانه، ثم يفر إلى الروم، فذلك أول الملاحم، يأتي بالروم إلى أهل الإسلام» ، فقيل له: إن أهل مصر سيسبون فيما أخبرنا وهم إخواننا، أحق ذلك؟ قال: «نعم، إذا رأيت أهل مصر قد قتلوا إماما بين أظهرهم، فاخرج إن استطعت ولا تقرب القصر، فإنه بهم تحل السباء»

If you see or hear of a man from among the sons of the Titans in Egypt, who has authority greater than his own, then he flees to the Romans, then that is the first of the epics. He brings the Romans to the people of Islam. Yes, if you see the people of Egypt who have killed an imam among them, then get out if you can and do not approach the palace, for it is permissible for them to be captives.

Grading (tahqiq)

Ungraded

Hadith commentary (sharh)

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

Synthesized commentary, isnad grading & cross-references

[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1342 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-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.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Egypt.

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

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