Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 464-9b
✧ al-IrbAD b. Sariya
"عَنِ الْعِربَاضِ بْنِ سَاريَةَ، عَنِ النَّبىِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَامَ يَوْمًا فِى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَجْنَادًا مُجَنَّدَةً: جُنْدٌ بِالشَّامِ، وَجُنْدٌ بِالْعِراقِ، وَجُنْدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ يَا رَسُولَ الله إِنْ أَدْرَكَنِى ذَلِكَ فَاخْتَرْ لِى، قَالَ: إِنِّىَ أَخْتَارُ لَكَ الشَّامَ، فَإِنَّهُ عُقْرُ دَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَصَفْوَةُ الله مِنْ بِلَادِهِ يَجِئ إِلَيْهَا صَفْوَتُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فعَلَيْكُمْ بِيَمَنِكُمْ، اسْقُوا مِنْ غُدُرِكُمْ فَإِنَّ الله قَدْ تَكَفَّلَ لِىَ بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-ʿIrbāḍ b. Sāryah
- al-Nab ﷺ
- Qām Yawm Fiá al-Nās
- Ayyuhā al-Nās Yūshik
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From al-'Irbad ibn Sariyah, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he stood one day among the people and said: 'O people, you will soon become armies arrayed: an army in al-Sham, an army in Iraq, and an army in Yemen.' Ibn Hawalah said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if that reaches me, choose for me.' He said: 'I choose for you al-Sham, for it is the stronghold of the Muslims and the chosen land of Allah among His lands, to which His chosen servants will come. As for you, then stay in your Yemen and give drink from your wells, for Allah has guaranteed for me al-Sham and its people.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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