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1376
كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1377

ما بقي من الأعماق، وفتح القسطنطينية
ThemesMalhamah
1378
Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 489Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٤٨٩ · عن دون فتحها الصغار وهوانا كبيرا "ما 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.

حدثنا أبو أيوب، عن أرطاة، عن المفرج بن محمد، وشريح بن عبيد، عن كعب، قال: " لولا ثلاث لأحببت ألا أحيا: إحداهن الملحمة العظمى، فإن الله تعالى يحرم فيها يومئذ على كل حديدة أن تجبن، ولو ضرب رجل بسفود لقطع، والأخرى لولا أن أشهد فتح مدينة الكفر، وإن دون فتحها الصغار وهوانا كبيرا "

Were it not for three things, I would love not to live: one of them is the great epic, for on that day Allah Almighty forbids any iron weapon to be cowardly, and if a man was struck with a sword, he would be cut off, and the other is if it were not for me witnessing the conquest of the city of disbelief, even if short of its conquest is minors and great humiliation.

أبو أيوبأرطاةالمفرج بن محمد وشريح بن عبيدكعبautomatic reading, unverified

Grading (tahqiq)

Ungraded

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Scholarly Commentary & Context

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1377 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.'

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