Hadith #551
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ ثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَعَافِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ال
ْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَتُفْتَحَنَّ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ فَلَنِعْمَ الْأَمِيرُ أَمِيرُهَا وَلَنِعْمَ الْجَيْشُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ قَالَ فَدَعَانِي مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَسَأَلَنِي فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَغَزَا الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ
Isnad Chain
الوليد بن المغيرة المعافري
عبد الله بن بشر ال
English Translation
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us — and I also heard it from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Shaybah — he said: Zayd ibn al-Ḥubāb narrated to us, he said: al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah al-Maʿāfirī narrated to me, he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bishr al-Khathʿamī narrated to me, from his father, that he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: "Constantinople shall surely be conquered. What an excellent leader its leader will be, and what an excellent army that army will be." He said: Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik summoned me and asked me, so I narrated it to him, and he launched an expedition against Constantinople.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 551
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18189
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54579