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From Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Have 1 you heard of a city with one side on land and one side on the sea?” They said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “The Hour will not be established until seventy thousand from the sons of Ishaq attack it. When they reach it, they will camp and not fight with weapons or shoot arrows. They will say: ‘There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest,’ and one side of it will fall.” Thawr ibn Yazid, the narrator, said: “I only know that he said the side in the sea.” “Then they will say a second time: ‘There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest,’ and the other side will fall. Then they will say a third time: ‘There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest,’ and it will open for them, and they will enter and take spoils. While they are dividing the spoils, a cry will reach them: ‘The Dajjal has emerged.’ They will abandon everything and return.”
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Have you heard of a city” refers to a city in the Roman lands. It is said it is likely Constantinople, as it is the capital of the Romans, called Byzantium, with a wall twenty-one cubits high, a rectangular church, and a tall column with four gates, topped with a copper horse and rider holding a golden orb, built by Constantine. It is possible it refers to another city, as Constantinople is conquered with much fighting, while this city is conquered merely by saying “There is no god but Allah” and “Allah is the Greatest.” (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
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(۱) قوله: هل سمعتم بمدينة : قال شارح هذه المدينة في الروم. وقيل: الظاهر أنها قسطنطينية، ففي القاموس»: هي دار ملك الروم، وفتحها من أشراط الساعة، وتسمى بالرومية بورنطيا، وارتفاع سورة أحد وعشرون ذراعا، و كنيستها مستطيلة وبجانبها عمود عال في دور أربعة أبواع تقريبا، وفي رأسه فرس من نحاس وعليه فارس، وفي إحدى يديه كرة من ذهب، وقد فتح أصابع يده الأخرى مشيرا بها، وهو صورة قسطنطين بنيها. ويحتمل أنه مدينة غيرها، بل هو الظاهر؛ لأن قسطنطينية تفتح بالقتال الكثير، وهذه المدينة تفتح بمجرد التهليل والتكبير. كذا في المرقاة».