Kitab al-Fitan · Nu'aym ibn Hammad

Rome will be opened with ropes of Besan, wood of Lebanon, and nails of Meris, and you will take the knife of the ark, and the people of the Levant and the people of Egypt will cast ballots over it, and it will fly to the people of Egypt.

You conquer Constantinople before Rome, then you invade Rome after Constantinople and conquer it. Otherwise, I am Allah’s servant among the liars. He says it three times.

By the One in whose hand is my soul, until they destroy the Romans all together, and only an informer escapes. Then they set off for the land of the Romans and conquer its fortresses and cities with the takbir, until they come to the city of Heraclius and find its bay with Batha. Then they open it with the takbir. They say the takbir, and one of its walls falls. Then they say the takbir another, and another wall falls, and its sea wall remains unfallen. Then they seek protection from Rome and open it with the takbir, and on that day they will sway their spoils. Enough of deceit

I would not like to stay after the conquest of the city of Hercules. The gates of evil will be opened then, and there will be humiliation and humiliation when they are opened.

Do not rush to conquer the city of Heraclius, for there will be humiliation and humiliation when it is conquered

Baqiyya told us, on the authority of Safwan bin Amr, on the authority of Al-Faraj bin Yahmd, on the authority of some of the sheikhs of his people, who said: “We were with Sufyan bin Awf Al-Ghamdi until we came to the gate of Constantinople, the Gate of Gold, with three thousand horsemen, from the side of the sea, until we crossed the river or the bay. He said: Then they were frightened and beat their bells, then they said: What is the matter with you, O Arabs? We said: We have come to the people of this oppressive village, 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 the calculation, 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.