[Machine] Narrated by Ibn Hawalah al-Azdi, who was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There will be armies supported by Allah in Sham (Greater Syria), Yemen, and Iraq. Allah knows best which will come first. You should go to Sham, go to Sham, go to Sham. Whoever dislikes going to Sham, let him go to Yemen, for Allah has taken me (as a guardian) over Sham and its people."  

عَنِ ابْنِ حَوَالَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺعَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَيَكُونُ أَجْنَادٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ شَامٌ وَيَمَنٌ وَعِرَاقٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِأَيِّهَا بَدَأَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ أَلَا وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ أَلَا وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالشَّامِ فَمَنْ كَرِهَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِيَمَنِهِ وَلْيَسْقِ مِنْ غُدُرِهِ؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ تَوَكَّلَ لِي بِالشَّامِ وَأَهْلِهِ