Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29352

Muhammad bin Ismail narrated to us, Ismail bin Abi Uwais narrated to us, Ibn Abi al-Zannad narrated to me, on the authority of Abu al-Zannad, on the authority of Urwa bin al-Zubayr, On the authority of Nayyar bin Makram Al-Aslami, he said when it was revealed: (The Romans * defeated the Romans * in the lowest part of the earth, and they were after their defeat. They will be victorious * in a few years.) On the day this verse was revealed, Persia was subduing the Romans, and the Muslims loved the dominance of the Romans. upon them because they and they are People of the Book, and in that is the saying of God Almighty: (On that day the believers will rejoice * with the help of God. He will help whoever He wills And He is the Mighty, the Most Merciful.) The Quraysh loved the appearance of Persia because they and they were not people of the Book and had no belief in a resurrection. So when God revealed Exalted is this verse. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, went out shouting in the outskirts of Mecca: (The * Romans have been defeated * in the lowest part of the earth, and they are After they are defeated, they will be defeated * in a few years.) Some people from the Quraysh said to Abu Bakr: “This is between us and you. Your friend claimed that the Romans You will defeat Persia in a few years. Shall we not bet you on that? He said, “Yes.” That was before the prohibition of betting, so Abu Bakr and the polytheists took a mortgage. They humbled themselves in their bet and said to Abu Bakr: How much can you make the period from three years to nine years? So decide between us and you a middle ground that you will reach. He said: So they called time between them for six years. He said, “Six years passed before they appeared, and the polytheists took Abu Bakr’s mortgage. When you entered In the seventh year, the Romans conquered Persia, and the Muslims criticized Abu Bakr for naming six years because God Almighty said: (In a few years He said, and many people converted to Islam at that time. He said, “This is an authentic, hasan, and strange hadith from the hadith of Nayyar ibn Makram. We do not know him except those who The hadith of Abd al-Rahman bin Abi al-Zinad.