1873. Muslim Abu Baqr said that he heard his father narrating from our Prophet (saas): Some people will reside somewhere called Basra (in Iraq). There will be a river called the Tigris there and a bridge over that river. They will cross over it. The people of that region will camp there and this place will be the cities of the refugees. (Six Books Chapter 140, 13-403,404 / 4768, Abu Dawud(4306) Tayalisi (2/314) (2767) |
Upon ISIS’ capturing many locations in Iraq, the Iraqi Yezidis left their homeland. They went to first Rojava and then moved the south by using the Pashabur and Sahala Bridges over the Tigris. A great majority of the Yezidi refugees who came to Turkey are being settled in Batman, Mardin, Siirt, and the cities around the Tigris, just as our Prophet (saas) foretold in his hadith. These people make up a great percentage of the population of these cities now.