Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيَّ صَاحِبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ بِالْفُسْطَاطِ فِي خِلَافَةِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَكَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ أَغْزَى النَّاسَ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا تَعْجِزُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ مِنْ نِصْفِ يَوْمٍ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الشَّامَ مَائِدَةَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَتْحُ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ.
English Translation
Hashim told us, he said: Layth told us, from Mu'awiyah ibn Salih, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr, from his father, he said: I heard Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that he heard him say — while he was in Fustat during the caliphate of Mu'awiyah, and Mu'awiyah had sent the people on an expedition against Constantinople — he said: By Allah, this nation will not be brought low even for half a day: when you see al-Sham [Syria] as the dining table of a single man and his household, then that will be [the time of] the conquest of Constantinople.