Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3193
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيِّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى : ( الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ ) قَالَ غُلِبَتْ وَغَلَبَتْ كَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ أَهْلُ فَارِسَ عَلَى الرُّومِ لأَنَّهُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ أَهْلُ أَوْثَانٍ وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ الرُّومُ عَلَى فَارِسَ لأَنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ فَذَكَرُوهُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ " . فَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَهُمْ فَقَالُوا اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ أَجَلاً فَإِنْ ظَهَرْنَا كَانَ لَنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنْ ظَهَرْتُمْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَجَعَلَ أَجَلَ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ فَلَمْ يَظْهَرُوا فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَلاَ جَعَلْتَهُ إِلَى دُونِ - قَالَ أُرَاهُ الْعَشْرِ " . قَالَ سَعِيدٌ وَالْبِضْعُ مَا دُونَ الْعَشْرِ قَالَ ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتِ الرُّومُ بَعْدُ . قَالَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى : ( الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ ) إِلَى قَوْلِهِ : (يفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ) قَالَ سُفْيَانُ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّهُمْ ظَهَرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sa‘id ibn Jubayr reported from Ibn ‘Abbas concerning Allah’s words “Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land” (Qur’an 30:1–3): ‘The Romans were defeated, then they would be victorious. The polytheists wanted the Persians to prevail over the Romans because both were idolaters, while the Muslims wanted the Romans to prevail because they were People of the Book. They told Abu Bakr, who told the Messenger of Allah. He said, “They will surely prevail.” Abu Bakr told them, and they proposed a wager: “Set a term between us. If we win, we get this and that; if you win, you get this and that.” Abu Bakr set a term of five years, but the Romans did not prevail in that time. They told the Prophet, and he said, “Why did you not set it for less than”—the narrator thought he said “ten”? Sa‘id said, “Bid‘ means less than ten.” Then the Romans prevailed.’
‘That is the meaning of Allah’s words “Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated…” through “On that day the believers will rejoice in Allah’s victory; He gives victory to whom He wills” (Qur’an 30:1–5). Sufyan said, “I heard that they prevailed over them on the day of Badr.”’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih gharib report. We know it only through the report of Sufyan al-Thawri, from Habib ibn Abi ‘Amrah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Preserved the narrator’s uncertainty about the Prophet’s suggested term and the later note that the Roman victory occurred on Badr; the previous report gives a different account of the timing.