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suyuti:574-29bMuʿāwīh b. Abiá Sufyān > Baynā
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"عَنْ مُعَاوِيةَ بْن أَبِى سُفْيَانَ قَالَ: بَيْنَا أنَا عِنْدَ رسُولِ الله ﷺ إِذْ قَالَ: إِنَّ الله فَاتِحُ لَكُمْ وَمُمَكِّنُ لَكُم، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ خِرْ لِى، قَالَ: عَلَيْكَ بِالشَّامِ، فَإنَّهَا خِيَرةُ الله مِنْ بِلادِهِ يَجْتَبِى إليْهَا خِيَرتَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ".  

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