Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 43: The victory of the Romans over the Persians
Al-Baihaqee related the story of the Persians and the Byzantines, and the revelation of
Allaah’s saying:
‏﴿الُ*ُغ لِبَتِ‏ ‏ُالرُّوم ‏ُ*ُفِ‏ ‏ُأَد ‏َّنَ‏ ‏ُاِّل ‏َر ضِ‏ ‏ُوَه مُمِّنُبَع دُِغَلَبِهِم ‏ُسَيَغ لِب ونَُ*ُفِ‏ ‏ُبِض عُِسِ‏ نِنيَُُۖلِلَُّهُِاِّل ‏َم رُمِنُ‏
قَب لُوَمِنُبَع د ‏ُُۖوَيَو مَئِذ ‏ُيَف رَح ‏ُال م ؤ مِن ونَُ*ُبِنَص رُِاللَّهُُِۖيَنص رُمَنُيَشَاء ‏ُُۖوَه وَُال عَزِيز ‏ُالرَّحِ‏ يم﴾‏
{Alif Laam Meem. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearer land (Syria, Iraaq,
Jordan, and Palestine), and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. Within three to
nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with
Allaah, (before the defeat of Romans by the Persians, and after, i.e. the defeat of the
Persians by the Romans). And on that Day, the believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at
the victory given by Allaah to the Romans against the Persians), With the help of
Allaah, He helps whom He wills, and He is the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.} [Surah
al-Room (30): 1-5]
Narrated Ibn `Abbaas ‏:رضيُاهللُعنهما regarding the saying of Allaah ‏:تعاىل {Alif Laam Meem.
The Romans have been defeated. In the nearer land…}. He said: “The idolaters wanted
the Persians to be victorious over the Romans because they too were people who
worshiped idols, while the Muslims wanted the Romans to be victorious over the
Persians because they were people of the Book. This was mentioned to Abu Bakr, so
Abu Bakr mentioned that to the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and he ﷺ said: ❝They
will certainly prevail.❞ Abu Bakr mentioned that to them, and they said: ‘Make a
wager 324 between us and you; if we win, we shall get such-and-such, and if you win,
you shall get such-and-such.’ He made the term five years, but they (the Romans) were
not victorious. They mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: ❝Why did you
not make it less (than…)❞ - he (one of the narrators said): I think he ﷺ said: ❝ten?
❞” [Sa`eed (the sub-narrator) said: “al-Biḍh`” is what is less than ten] He then said:
“Afterwards the Romans have been victorious.” 325
324 [TN: Gambling and betting were still not prohibited at that time.]
325 Musnad Aḥmad (2495, 2769), Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2935, 3192, 3193, 3194), al-Ḥaakim in his “al-Mustadrak”
(3540), and said: “It is “Ṣaḥeeḥ” as per the condition of the Shaikhain” and al-Dhahabee agreed with him. Al-
Tirmidhee and Ibn Jareer also reported this from two additional routes from Ibn `Abbaas.
[TN: Shaikh al-Albaanee graded the above Ḥadeeth from Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3193) as “Ṣaḥeeḥ”.
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