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Conquest of Constantinople

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Conquest of Constantinople
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Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ:

"Lataftahanna al-Qustantiniyya wa laniʿma al-amiru amiruha wa laniʿma al-jayshu dhalika al-jaysh."

{ "Verily you shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader will her leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be!" }

Narrated from Bishr al-Khathʿami or al-Ghanawi by:

Ahmad, al-Musnad 14:331 #18859 [sahih chain according to Hamza al-Zayn] al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak 4:421-422
[sahih according to him and al-Dhahabi concurred]

al-Tabarani, al-Muʿjam al-Kabir 2:38 #1216 [sahih chain according to al-Haythami 6:218-219]

al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2:81 and al-Saghir 1:306
Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab 8:170 [hasan chain according to him] al-Suyuti, al-Jamiʿ al-Saghir [sahih according to him]

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