Sahih Muslim Book - 52, Hadith - 7284

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى غَزْوَةٍ - قَالَ - فَأَتَى النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَوْمٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابُ الصُّوفِ فَوَافَقُوهُ عِنْدَ أَكَمَةٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَقِيَامٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَاعِدٌ - قَالَ - فَقَالَتْ لِى نَفْسِى ائْتِهِمْ فَقُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ لاَ يَغْتَالُونَهُ - قَالَ - ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَعَلَّهُ نَجِىٌّ مَعَهُمْ. فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَقُمْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ - قَالَ - فَحَفِظْتُ مِنْهُ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ أَعُدُّهُنَّ فِى يَدِى قَالَ « تَغْزُونَ جَزِيرَةَ الْعَرَبِ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ فَارِسَ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ تَغْزُونَ الرُّومَ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ تَغْزُونَ الدَّجَّالَ فَيَفْتَحُهُ اللَّهُ ». قَالَ فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ يَا جَابِرُ لاَ نَرَى الدَّجَّالَ يَخْرُجُ حَتَّى تُفْتَحَ الرُّومُ.

It was narrated from Jabir bin Samurah, from Nafi' bin 'Utbah, who said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) on a campaign, and some people came to the Messenger of Allah from the west, wearing clothes of wool, and they met him by a hillock. They were standing, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was sitting. I said to myself: 'I shall go and stand between them and him, lest they assassinate him.' Then I said: 'Perhaps it is a private conversation between them.' So I went and stood between them and him, and I memorized four words from him, which I can count on my fingers. He (s.a.w) said: 'You will fight in the Arabian Peninsula, and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then (you will fight in) Persia, and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight in Byzantium and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight Ad-Dajjal, and Allah will enable you to prevail over him.'" Nafi' said: "O Jabir, we did not think that the Ad-Dajjal would appear until Byzantium was conquered."