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abudawud:4298 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > Ibn Jābir > Zayd b. Arṭāh > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the war will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Syria.

أبو داود:٤٢٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جَابِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ نُفَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ فُسْطَاطَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَ الْمَلْحَمَةِ بِالْغُوطَةِ إِلَى جَانِبِ مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَدَائِنِ الشَّامِ

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ahmad:21725 – Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Zayd b. Arṭāh > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the war will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Syria. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4298)

أحمد:٢١٧٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ نُفَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فُسْطَاطُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَ الْمَلْحَمَةِ الْغُوطَةُ إِلَى جَانِبِ مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ

hakim:8496 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Salamah al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Muḥammad b. Wahbal-Dimashqī > Ṣadaqah b. ʿAbdullāh > Khālid b. Dihqān > Zayd b. Arṭaʾah al-Fazārī > Innah > Jubayr b. Nufayr al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū al-Dardāʾ > Innah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard saying, "On the day of the Great Battle, the Muslims will be spread out in a land called Al-Ghouta. In it, there is a city called Damascus, which is the best dwelling place for Muslims on that day."

الحاكم:٨٤٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ دِهْقَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْطَأَةَ الْفَزَارِيَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ نُفَيْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَوْمَ الْمَلْحَمَةِ الْكُبْرَى فُسْطَاطُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِأَرْضٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا الْغُوطَةُ فِيهَا مَدِينَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ خَيْرُ مَنَازِلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ»

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