Sunan Abi Dawud 4638
سنن أبي داود#4638Da'ifحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، قَالَ لَتَمْخُرَنَّ الرُّومُ الشَّامَ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا لاَ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ دِمَشْقُ وَعَمَّانُ .
Makhul said:The Romans will enter the Levant and stay there for forty days, and no place will be saved from them but Damascus and 'Uman
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniDaif Isnaad Maqtu
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif Isnaad Maqtu
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih Maqtu
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 42:43