[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever escapes from three things has indeed escaped death three times: the death of mine, the coming of the False Messiah [the Antichrist], and the killing of a patient caliph who upholds the truth and gives it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ نَجَا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَدْ نَجَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مَوْتِي وَالدَّجَّالِ وَقَتْلِ خَلِيفَةٍ مُصْطَبِرٍ بِالْحَقِّ مُعْطِيهِ  

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was sitting in the shade of a domed structure, and he had a scribe with him who was writing for him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shouldn't I dictate to you, O Ibn Hawalah?" I said, "I don't know what Allah and His Messenger have decreed for me." So he turned away from me. Isma'il said to him once again, "Shouldn't we write for you, O Ibn Hawalah?" I said, "I don't know, O Messenger of Allah, in what?" So he turned away from me again. Then he leaned on his scribe and dictated to him. Then he said, "Shouldn't we write for you, O Ibn Hawalah?" I said, "I don't know what Allah and His Messenger have decreed for me." So he turned away from me again and leaned on his scribe who wrote for him. Then I looked and saw in the book the name 'Umar, so I said.  

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ دَوْمَةٍ وَعِنْدَهُ كَاتِبٌ لَهُ يُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أَكْتُبُكَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا خَارَ اللهُ لِي وَرَسُولُهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي وَقَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مَرَّةً فِي الْأُولَى نَكْتُبُكَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فِيمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَأَكَبَّ عَلَى كَاتِبِهِ يُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَكْتُبُكَ يَا ابْنَ حَوَالَةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي مَا خَارَ اللهُ لِي وَرَسُولُهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَأَكَبَّ عَلَى كَاتِبِهِ يُمْلِي عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا فِي الْكِتَابِ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ  

The Prophet ﷺ said: It will turn out that you will be armed troops, one is Syria, one in the Yemen and one in Iraq. Ibn Hawalah said: Choose for me, Messenger of Allah, if I reach that time. He replied: Go to Syria, for it is Allah's chosen land, to which his best servants will be gathered, but if you are unwilling, go to your Yemen, and draw water from your tanks, for Allah has on my account taken special charge of Syria and its people. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2483)  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَيَصِيرُ الْأَمْرُإِلَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا جُنُودًا مُجَنَّدَةً جُنْدٌ بِالشَّامِ وَجُنْدٌ بِالْيَمَنِ وَجُنْدٌ بِالْعِرَاقِ قَالَ ابْنُ حَوَالَةَ خِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَاكَ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ فَإِنَّهُ خِيرَةُ اللهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ خِيرَتَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِيَمَنِكُمْ وَاسْقُوا مِنْ غُدُرِكُمْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ قَدْ تَوَكَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever is saved from three things has indeed been saved three times: my death, the Dajjal (Antichrist), and the killing of a patient and just Khalifah (Caliph) who upholds the truth and gives it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ نَجَا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَدْ نَجَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مَوْتِي وَالدَّجَّالِ وَقَتْلِ خَلِيفَةٍ مُصْطَبِرٍ بِالْحَقِّ مُعْطِيهِ