Syria and Hadith: How Well Do You Know the Connection?

Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ collecting the Qur'an on pieces of cloth, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Tuba is for Ash-Sham'. So we said: 'Why is that O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Because the angels of Ar-Rahman spread their wings over it'." Tirmidhi: Book 49, Hadith 354

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah bless us in our Sham! O Allah bless us in our Yemen". They said: "And in our Najd" He said: "O Allah bless us in our Sham and bless us in our Yemen". They said: "And in our Najd" He said: "Earthquakes are there, and tribulations are there". Or he said: "The horn of Shaitan comes from there". Tirmidhi: Book 49, Hadith 353

Narrated Ibn Hawalah: The Prophet ﷺ said: It will turn out that you will be armed troops, one is Syria, one in the Yemen and one in Iraq. Ibn Hawalah said: Choose for me, Messenger of Allah, if I reach that time. He replied: Go to Syria, for it is Allah's chosen land, to which his best servants will be gathered, but if you are unwilling, go to your Yemen, and draw water from your tanks, for Allah has on my account taken special charge of Syria and its people. Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 7

Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: "When the inhabitants of Ash-Sham become corrupt, then there is no good in it for you. There will never cease to be a group in my Ummah who will be helped(by Allah), they will not be harmed by those who forsake them until the Hour is established". Muhammad bin Isma'il said: "Ali bin Al-Madini said: 'They are the people of Hadith"'. Tirmidhi: Book 33, Hadith 35

Al-nawwas b. Sim’an al-Kilabi said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the Dajjal (Antichrist) saying: If he comes forth while I am among you I shall be the one who will dispute with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth when I am not among you, a man must dispute on his own behalf, and Allah will take my place in looking after every Muslim. Those of you who live up to his time should recite over him the opening verses of Surat al – Kahf, for they are your protection from his trial. We asked: How long will he remain on the earth ? He replied : Forty days, one like a year, one like a month, one like a week, and rest of his days like yours. We asked : Messenger of Allah, will one day’s prayer suffice us in this day which will be like a year ? He replied : No, you must make an estimate of its extent. Then Jesus son of Marry will descend at the white minaret to the east of Damascus. He will then catch him up at the date of Ludd and kill him. Sunan Abi Dawud Book 39, Hadith 31