بِشْرٌ الْغَنَوِيُّ
[Machine] He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Constantinople will surely be conquered. What a wonderful leader will its leader be, and what a wonderful army will that army be." So, Maslama bin Abdul-Malik called me and asked me about this hadith, and I narrated it to him. That year, Constantinople was conquered.
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَتُفْتَحَنَّ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ وَلَنِعْمَ الْأَمِيرُ أَمِيرُهَا وَلَنِعْمَ الْجَيْشُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ» فَدَعَانِي مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِهِ فَغَزَا تِلْكَ السَّنَةَ