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كتاب الفتن
نعيم بن حماد المروزي (ت ٢٢٨ هـ)

Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad) 1418

ما بقي من الأعماق، وفتح القسطنطينية
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Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad)vol. 2, p. 502Ungradedكتاب الفتن لنعيم بن حمادج ٢ ص ٥٠٢ · عن هذا زمانها "ما بقي من الأعماق، وفتح القسطنطينية

Kitab al-Fitan of Nu'aym ibn Hammad: ungraded, and weak overall. Never established on its own.

حدثنا بقية، عن صفوان بن عمرو، عن الفرج بن يحمد، عن بعض، أشياخ قومه قال: " كنا مع سفيان بن عوف الغامدي حتى أتينا باب القسطنطينية باب الذهب في ثلاثة آلاف فارس، من ناحية البحر، حتى جزنا النهر أو الخليج، قال: ففزعوا وضربوا نواقيسهم، ثم قالوا: ما شأنكم يا معشر العرب؟ قلنا: جئنا إلى أهل هذه القرية الظالم أهلها ليخربها الله على أيدينا، فقالوا: والله ما ندري أكذب الكتاب أم أخطأنا الحساب، أم استعجلتم القدر، والله إنا لنعلم أنها ستفتح يوما، ولكن لا نرى أن هذا زمانها "

We were with Sufyan bin Awf Al-Ghamdi until we came to the Gate of Constantinople, the Golden Gate, with three thousand horsemen, from the sea side, until we crossed the river or the Gulf. He said: Then they were frightened and struck their bells, then they said: What is the matter with you, O Arabs? We said: We have come to the people of this town whose people are oppressive, so that Allah may destroy it at our hands. They said: By Allah, we do not know whether the Book is false, whether we made a mistake in calculating it, or whether you hastened destiny. By Allah, we know that it will be opened one day, but we do not see that this is its time.

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[Collection & Reference]: Narration #1418 in Kitab al-Fitan (Nu'aym ibn Hammad).

[Scholarly Verification Notice]: Recorded in Nu'aym ibn Hammad's Kitab al-Fitan (d. 228 AH). Hadith scholars classify this historical compilation as ungraded and weak overall; its isolated reports are not accepted as established doctrine unless corroborated by standard Sahih works.

[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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