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tabarani:13821Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Muḥammad b. Sufyān al-Ḥaḍramī > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū Qabīl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When the two ancient powers, the power of the Arabs and the power of the Romans, clash, there will be battles in their hands."  

الطبراني:١٣٨٢١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَبِيلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا مَلَكَ الْعَتِيقَانِ عَتِيقُ الْعَرَبِ وَعَتِيقُ الرُّومِ كَانَتْ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمَا الْمَلَاحِمُ»  


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