When would the Muslims make and alliance with Rum

When would the Muslims make and alliance with Rum, Is Rum the Rome in Italy?

Written by Imran N. Hosein

Question: When Israel Wages Her Big Wars Would That Be The Time When Muslim Will Make An Alliance With Rum? Is This Rome, Italy?

"Nabi Muhammad (SA) has prophesised that 
‘You will make an alliance with Rum'.

Indeed there is a... Surah of the Qur'an which is entitled Surah Ar-Rum. And in that Surah, in the first Ayah, Allah speaks about Rum being defeated. If you believe that Allah (SWT) was referring to a city in Italy then you should buy a one way ticket to Disneyland. When the Qur'an says that Rum has been defeated, was referring to a city in Italy called Rome? Oh come one, what kind of scholarship is that? And when the Qur'an refers to Rum you translate it as Romans? Is that the correct translation, Romans?

Rum in the Qur'an is easy to identify. It is the 'Eastern Orthodox Christian Church'; which had established the Byzantine Empire with Constantinople as its capital...Prophet (SA) said 'You will make an alliance with Rum'. The Byzantine Empire has disappeared today, but the ‘Eastern Orthodox Christian Church' has not. If we want to find Rum, where is the 'Eastern Orthodox Christian Church' today?

Answer, the headquarters is now in Russia. If I am wrong I invite you to correct me. And so when the Prophet (SA) said, 'You will make an alliance with Rum', my answer is its going to be an alliance with Russia. .."

Transcribed and posted by brother Deenuzzaman Choudry
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LETTER TO FARWAH, GOVERNOR OF M'AAN - LETTERS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Letters & Treaties of Muhammad the Messenger of Allah

LETTER TO FARWAH, GOVERNOR OF M'AAN

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

From Muhammad, Prophet of Allah--

To Farwah bin 'Amar

Your messenger came to me and delivered the presents you sent me, gave me an account of yourself and conveyed to me the good news of your acceptance of Islam.

Allah as honoured you with His guidance. If you continue to remain obedient to Allah and His Prophet and remain faithful to them, keep saying prayers and paying Zakat, it is the greatest blessing of Allah; and take it that Allah has blessed you with His guidance.

Seal: Allah's Prophet Muhammad

Note: Farwah had been appointed as Governor of M'aan by the Byzantine government. M'aan which now forms part of Jordan, is situated towards the Northwest of Arabia. When Caesar came to know of the acceptance of Islam by Farwah, he reprimanded him and ordered him to give up his new faith, otherwise he threatened to remove him from his office. But Farwah boldly refused. Thereon Caesar imprisoned him, but seeing that even the hardships of the prison could not deflect him resolution, he ordered that Farwah should be put to death. His last words were "Convey the message to the Holy Prophet(peace be on him), that even my bones remained subservient to Allah"

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