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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 719

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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 255Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٢٥٥ · عن النبي صلي الله عليه وسلمالمعقل من الفتن

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

حدثنا بقية، وعبد القدوس، عن أبي بكر، عن عبد الرحمن بن جنيد، عن أبيه، قال: حدثني أصحاب محمد، صلى الله عليه وسلم، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «معقل المسلمين من الملاحم مدينة يقال لها دمشق، أرض يقال لها الغوطة»

The Muslim stronghold of the epics is a city called Damascus, a land called Ghouta

بقية وعبد القدوسأبي بكرعبد الرحمن بن جنيدأبيهأصحاب محمدالنبي ﷺautomatic reading, unverified

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #719 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.'

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Damascus, Ghouta.

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