[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Sham (Greater Syria) will be opened for you. And when you are given the choice of dwellings in it, then choose the city known as Damascus, for it is the stronghold of the Muslims from the battles and its outskirts extend to a land called Al-Ghouta."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ سَتُفْتَحُ عَلَيْكُمُ الشَّامُ فَإِذَا خُيِّرْتُمُ الْمَنَازِلَ فِيهَا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ فَإِنَّهَا مَعْقِلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ الْمَلَاحِمِ وَفُسْطَاطُهَا مِنْهَا بِأَرْضٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا الْغُوطَةُ