Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29351

Al-Hussein bin Harith told us, Muawiyah bin Amr told us, on the authority of Abu Ishaq Al-Fazari, on the authority of Sufyan Al-Thawri, on the authority of Habib bin Abi Amra, On the authority of Sa`id bin Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, in the words of God Almighty: (The Romans defeated the Romans in the lowest part of the earth.) He said, “It defeated and was defeated.” The polytheists wanted the people of Persia to prevail over the Romans, because they and they were the people of idols. The Muslims loved for him to prevail over the Romans. The Romans were against Persia because they were People of the Book, so they mentioned it to Abu Bakr, so Abu Bakr mentioned it to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said: “As for them They will be victorious.” So Abu Bakr mentioned it to them, and they said, “Set a deadline between us and you. If we support, then such-and-such will be ours.” You appeared, and you had such-and-such, so he set a term of five years, but they did not appear. They mentioned that to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said, “Have you not made it for less than - He said “I showed him the ten.” Sa’id said, “And some less than the ten.” He said, “Then the Romans appeared after that.” He said, “That is the Almighty’s saying: (M* The Romans were defeated) to his saying: (The believers rejoice * with the help of God. He gives victory to whom He wills) Sufyan said: I heard that they appeared They have a day Badr. Abu Issa said: This is a good, authentic, and strange hadith. We only know it from the hadith of Sufyan al-Thawri on the authority of Habib bin Abi Amra.