Musnad Ahmad 6645

Translation

✧ We were with Abdullah b. Amr b. al-As when he was asked which of the two cities will be conquered first: Constantinople or Rome? Abdullah called for a worn-out chest of his. He said: He took out a book from it. Abdullah said: While we were around the Messenger of God ﷺ writing, the Messenger of God ﷺ was asked which of the two cities will be conquered first: Constantinople or Rome? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'The city of Heraclius will be conquered first.'

Notes

• يَعْنِي قُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ

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What scholars said about it

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• Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī

  رجاله رجال الصحيح غير أبي قبيل وهو ثقة

  in مسند أحمد, p. 6720

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

   One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاء
   فقال
2. 2
   Abū Qabīl

   truthful (ṣadūq), has lapses (wahm).d. 127 AH, or 128 AH
   أَبُو قَبِيلٍصدوق يهم.
   حدثني
3. 3
   Yaḥyā b. Ayyūb

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes erredd. 163 AH, 168 AH, also said 167 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَصدوق ربما أخطأ
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Yaḥyā b. Isḥāq

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 210 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَصدوق
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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