Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3193

Translation

from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding the saying of Allah, Most High: Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land (30:1-3)" he said: "Ghulibat wa Ghalabat (defeated and then victorious)." He said: "The idolaters wanted the Persians to be victorious over the Romans because they too were people who worshiped idols, while the Muslims wanted the Romans to be victorious over the Persians because they were people of the Book. This was mentioned to Abu Bakr, so Abu Bakr mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said: 'They will certainly prevail.' Abu Bakr mentioned that to them, and they said: 'Make a wager between us and you; if we win, we shall get this and that, and if you win, you shall get this or that.' He made the term five years, but they (the Romans) were not victorious. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: "Why did you not make it less (than)" - He (one of the narrators said): I think he said: "ten?" He said: Sa'eed said: "Al-Bid' is what is less than then" - he said: "Afterwards the Romans have been victorious." He said: "That is what Allah Most High said: 'Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated' up to His saying: 'And on the day, the believers will rejoice - with the help of Allah. He helps whom He wills (30:1-5).' Sufyan said: "I heard that they were victorious over them on the Day of Badr."

Notes

• قَالَ سُفْيَانُ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّهُمْ ظَهَرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ

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What scholars said about it

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• al-Tirmidhi

  حديث حسن غريب

  machine translationA good (ḥasan), strange (gharīb) hadith. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 3509
• al-Tirmidhi

  حسن صحيح غريب

  machine translationGood, authentic, and gharīb (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb). Report a problem

  in الجامع الصحيح - سنن الترمذي, p. 3193

Other narrations of this report

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2935Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3192al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4402

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Saʿīd b. Jubayr al-Asadī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh); his narration from ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā and the like is mursald. 95 AH, from al-Fallās: 94 AH
   سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍثقة ثبت فقيه ، وروايته عن عائشة وأبي موسى ونحوهما مرسلة
   عن
3. 3
   Ḥabīb b. Abī ʿAmrah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 142 AH
   حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Sufyān al-Thawrī

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid), an imam and authority (ḥujjah)d. 159 AH or 160 AH or 161 AH or 162 AH
   سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّثقة حافظ , فقيه عابد ، إمام حجة
   عن
5. 5
   Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who authored worksd. 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AH, or 186 AH, or 187 AH, or 188 AH
   أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّثقة حافظ ، له تصانيف
   عن
6. 6
   Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 213 AH. Ibn Saʿd said: 214 AH, or 215 AH
   مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوثقة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 244 AH
   الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍثقة
   حدثنا
8. 8
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

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