Regarding Residing In Ash-Shām.
Darussalam · Volume 3
15. The Book Of JihādSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2483 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 4
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح، وله طرق صحَّح أحدَها الحاكمُ والذهبيُّ)
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2483. Ibn Ḥawālah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'A time will come when you will be armed troops: One in Ash-Shām, one in Yemen, one in 'Iraq.'" Ibn Ḥawālah said: "Choose for me O Messenger of Allāh! If I reach (live) that time." He said: "Go to Ash-Shām, for it is Allāh's chosen land, to which His chosen servants will be gathered. But if you refuse, then go to your Yemen, and draw water from your ponds, for Allāh has entrusted Ash-Shām and its people to me." (Sahih)
2483 - حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، حَدَّثَنِي بَحِيرٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَعْدَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي قُتَيْلَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ حَوَالَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَيَصِيرُ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا جُنُودًا مُجَنَّدَةً جُنْدٌ بِالشَّامِ، وَجُنْدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ، وَجُنْدٌ بِالْعِرَاقِ»، قَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ: خِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: «عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ، فَإِنَّهَا خِيرَةُ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ، يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهَا خِيرَتَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ، فَأَمَّا إِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِيَمَنِكُمْ، وَاسْقُوا مِنْ غُدُرِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَكَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ»
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In the Hadith literature, Ash-Shām refers to the area north of the Arabian Peninsula. It includes Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine north western 'Iraq, and the present day Syria.