Sahih Muslim Book - 52, Hadith - 7280

حَدَّثَنِى حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْكَرِيمِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ الْمُسْتَوْرِدَ الْقُرَشِىَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ وَالرُّومُ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ ». قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الأَحَادِيثُ الَّتِى تُذْكَرُ عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ قُلْتُ الَّذِى سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ إِنَّهُمْ لأَحْلَمُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ فِتْنَةٍ وَأَجْبَرُ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ مُصِيبَةٍ وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ لِمَسَاكِينِهِمْ وَضُعَفَائِهِمْ.

Al-Mustawrid Al-Qurashi said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: 'The Hour will begin when the Byzantines are the most prevalent of people.' News of that reached 'Amr bin Al-'As, and he said: 'What are these Ahadith that it is said you narrate from the Messenger of Allah? Al-Mustawrid said to him: "I say that which I heard from the Messenger of Allah.' Amr said: "As you say that, indeed they are the most patient of people at times of tribulation, and the quickest of people to recover from calamity, and the best of people to their poor and weak."