Overview
Al-Malhama al-Kubra is the greatest battle in Islamic eschatology, taking place at al-A'maq or Dabiq (in modern-day Syria/Turkey). It follows an alliance between Muslims and the Romans (Western powers) which ends in betrayal. The Romans will gather under eighty banners, each banner commanding twelve thousand soldiers — nearly a million troops.
Primary Hadith
لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ الرُّومُ بِالْأَعْمَاقِ أَوْ بِدَابِقَ
"The Hour will not come until the Romans land at al-A'maq or Dabiq."
Sahih Muslim 2897, Sunan Abu Dawud 4292
Graded by: Muslim & Abu Dawud
Scholarly Context
The hadith in Sahih Muslim from Abu Hurairah provides the most detailed account. Scholars note that the location Dabiq is specifically named by the Prophet ﷺ, and it is a real town in northern Syria. The battle precedes the conquest of Constantinople by takbeer and the subsequent emergence of the Dajjal. Ibn Katheer placed this sequence firmly in the later chronology of the major signs.