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المستدرك على الصحيحين
الإمام أبو عبد الله الحاكم النيسابوري (ت ٤٠٥ هـ)

al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8300

كتاب الفتن والملاحم
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al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim)Hadith 8300Ungradedالمستدرك على الصحيحينرقم ٨٣٠٠كتاب الفتن والملاحم

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أخبرني عبد الله بن محمد الدورقي، ثنا محمد بن إسحاق الإمام، ثنا عبدة بن عبد الله الخزاعي، حدثني الوليد بن المغيرة، حدثني عبد الله بن بشر الغنوي، حدثني أبي، قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، يقول: «لتفتحن القسطنطينية، ولنعم الأمير أميرها، ولنعم الجيش ذلك الجيش» قال عبيد الله: «فدعاني مسلمة بن عبد الملك فسألني عن هذا الحديث، فحدثته فغزا القسطنطينية» هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد، ولم يخرجاه "

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  • al-Hakimهذا حديث صحيح الإسناد، ولم يخرجاه
  • al-Dhahabi (Talkhis)صحيح

Edition al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahihayn, ed. Mustafa 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ata, Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya, Beirut 1990, with al-Dhahabi's Talkhis (OpenITI Shamela0002266)

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #8300 in al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim).

[Isnad Grading & Assessment]: Scholar verdicts : al-Hakim: هذا حديث صحيح الإسناد، ولم يخرجاه | al-Dhahabi (Talkhis): صحيح.

[Core Subject]: Constantinople, today's Istanbul, was the capital of the Romans. The Prophet ﷺ foretold that the Muslims would conquer it.

[Described Characteristics]: In Sahih Muslim, after the great battle the Muslims reach the city and conquer it without weapons: at the first 'La ilaha illallah wallahu akbar' one side of its wall falls, at the second the other side, at the third the way opens. While they are dividing the spoils, a cry goes up that the Dajjal has come among their families.

[Timeline & Context]: The conquest comes right after the great battle and just before the Dajjal.

[Prophetic Practice]: The city falls to dhikr, not weapons. La ilaha illallah wallahu akbar is worth more than we think.

[Core Subject]: In the hardest days, when the Muslims were few and besieged, the Prophet ﷺ foretold that they would conquer Persia, Rome, Yemen, Sham, Iraq, Egypt and Jerusalem.

[Described Characteristics]: While digging the trench around Madinah, he struck a rock and said he had been given the keys of Sham, Persia and Yemen. He told Adi ibn Hatim that a woman would travel alone from al-Hirah to the Ka'bah fearing no one but Allah, and that the treasures of Kisra would be spent in the path of Allah. Adi lived to see both. He told Suraqah he would wear Kisra's bracelets; Umar put them on him.

[Timeline & Context]: They came in the first decades after the Prophet ﷺ: Jerusalem in 15-16 AH, Egypt in 20-21 AH, and Persia by about 31 AH.

[Prophetic Practice]: Hope in Allah's promise even in the narrowest times, as the Companions did at the trench.

[Geographical Locations]: Mentioned in narration : Constantinople (Istanbul).

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