A fabricated report saying that the Romans will kill the Arabs in the land of the Romans

There is no hadith that says that, as far as we know. What is
proven is contrary to that, which is that the Muslims will conquer the
Romans and kill many of them in a great battle. There are several saheeh
reports which mention that:

-1-

Muslim (2900) narrated from Naafi‘ ibn ‘Utbah who said: The
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 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 the Dajjaal, and Allah will enable
you to prevail over him.”

It was also narrated by Ibn Maajah (4091), as follows: “You
will fight the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will enable you to conquer it.
Then you will fight the Romans and Allah will enable you to conquer them.
Then you will fight the Dajjaal and Allah will enable you to conquer him.”

-2-

Muslim (2897) narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The
Hour will not begin until the Byzantines camp at al-A’maaq or Daabiq ^{[1] [2] [3]} ,
and an army composed of the best people on earth at that time will go out
from Madeenah to meet them. When they arrange themselves in ranks, the
Byzantines will say: Do not stand between us and those who took prisoners
from us; let us fight them. The Muslims will say: No by Allah, we will never
let you reach our brothers. Then they will fight them, and one third will
flee, whose repentance will never be accepted by Allah; one third will be
killed, and they are the best of martyrs before Allah; and one third will
prevail and will never succumb to any fitnah, and they will conquer
Constantinople.”

-3-

Ahmad (21981) narrated from ‘Abdullah ibn Hawaalah al-Azdi
that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“You will be enabled to conquer Syria, Byzantium and Persia, or Byzantium
and Persia, until one of you will have such and such number of camels, and
such and such number of cattle and of sheep, until one of you will be given
one hundred dinars and will not be content with it.”

It was also narrated by al-Haakim (8309); he classed it as
saheeh, and adh-Dhahabi agreed with him.

-4-

Muslim (2899) narrated that ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ood said: The
Hour will not begin until shares of inheritance are not distributed and
there is no rejoicing over war booty. An enemy will gather against the
people of Islam and the people of Islam will gather against them. Then he
gestured with his hand like this in the direction of Syria. I said: Do you
mean the Byzantines? He said: Yes. He said: During this fighting there will
be a great retreat. The Muslims will send out a detachment to fight to the
death and not return unless they are victorious. They will fight until night
intervenes, then both sides will go back, neither having prevailed, and that
detachment will have been wiped out. Then the Muslims will send out a
detachment to fight to the death and not return unless they are victorious.
They will fight until night intervenes, then both sides will go back,
neither having prevailed, and that detachment will have been wiped out. Then
the Muslims will send out a detachment to fight to the death and not return
unless they are victorious. They will fight until evening comes, then both
sides will go back, neither having prevailed, and that detachment will have
been wiped out. Then on the fourth day, the rest of the Muslims will charge
at them (the enemy), and Allah will decree that the enemy be routed, and
they will fight a battle the like of which has never been seen. If a bird
were to fly over their flanks, it would not reach the end of them before
falling down dead.

-5-

Abu Dawood (4294) narrated that Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal said: The
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Jerusalem will flourish when Yathrib is in ruins, and Yathrib will be in
ruins when the great war occurs. The great war will occur when
Constantinople is conquered, and Constantinople will be conquered when the
Dajjaal appears.”

Classed as hasan by al-Albaani.

Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

When Allah sent Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him), those who believed in him believed in Allah, His angels, His
Books, and His Messengers in the correct manner. They were followers of
every Prophet on the face of the earth, because they had believed the
Messenger, the unlettered Arab Prophet, the final Messenger and the leader
of all the sons of Adam, who called them to believe in the entire truth. So
they were closer to each Prophet than his own nation who claimed to be
following his way and path even though they had distorted and altered (the
teachings). Moreover, even if that was not the case, Allah had abrogated the
laws of all the Messengers by means of that with which He sent Muhammad
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), namely the true religion which
will not be changed or altered until the onset of the Hour, and which will
remain and continue victorious, prevailing over all other religions. Hence
Allah enabled his Companions to conquer the east and the west of the earth,
and they conquered all kingdoms, and all states yielded to them; they
defeated Chosroes and Caesar, and they captured their wealth and spent it in
Allah’s cause, as their Prophet had told them that they would, based on the
revelation of his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, Who said
(interpretation of the meaning):

“Allah has
promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He
will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth,
as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the
authority to practise their religion, that which He has chosen for them
(i.e. Islam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after
their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate
anything (in worship) with Me”

[an-Noor 24:55].

Hence, because they were true believers in the Messiah, they
captured greater Syria from the Christians and drove them to Byzantium, so
they sought refuge their city Constantinople, and Islam and its people will
continue to prevail over them until the Day of Resurrection. The most
truthful one, namely the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him),
told his ummah that the last of them would conquer Constantinople and would
seize the wealth it contains as booty, and they would kill the Byzantines in
a huge battle, the like of which people had never seen before and would
never see again afterwards, and I [Ibn Katheer] have compiled a book on this
issue. Hence Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And
(remember) when Allah said: ‘O ‘Eesa (Jesus)! I will take you and raise you
to Myself and clear you (of the forged statement that ‘Eesa (Jesus) is
Allah’s son) of those who disbelieve, and I will make those who follow you
(Monotheists, who worship none but Allah) superior to those who disbelieve
(in the Oneness of Allah, or disbelieve in some of His Messengers, e.g.
Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), ‘Eesa (Jesus), Moosa
(Moses), etc., or in His Holy Books, e.g. the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel
(Gospel), the Quran) till the Day of Resurrection. Then you will return to
Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute.

‘As to those who disbelieve, I will punish them with a severe
torment in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers’”

[Aal ‘Imraan 3:55, 56].

Allah did the same to those among the Jews who disbelieved in
the Messiah, and those among the Christians who exaggerated about him or
went to extremes in praising him: He punished them in this world by causing
them to be killed or taken captive, and causing their wealth to be seized
and their worldly power to be removed. And in the hereafter their punishment
will be even worse, and they will have no one to protect them from Allah.

End quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer (2/40)

For more information, please see the answer to question no.
128682

And Allah knows best.

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↑1, ↑2, ↑3	[1] Al-A’maaq and Daabiq – two places in Syria near Aleppo.