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suyuti:621-62bAbiá al-Dardāʾ
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السيوطي:٦٢١-٦٢b

"عَنْ أَبِى الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ: الشَّامُ عُقْرُ دَارِ الإِسْلَامِ".  

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tabarani:6359And Rd b. Aḥmad b. Labīd al-Bayrūtī > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Muḥammad b. Muhājir > al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Salamah b. Nufayl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The heartland of Islam is being attacked in Syria."  

الطبراني:٦٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا وَرْدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ أَنَّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عُقْرُ دَارِ الْإِسْلَامِ بِالشَّامِ»