Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ ثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَعَافِرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْخَثْعَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَتُفْتَحَنَّ الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ فَلَنِعْمَ الْأَمِيرُ أَمِيرُهَا وَلَنِعْمَ الْجَيْشُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشُ قَالَ فَدَعَانِي مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ فَسَأَلَنِي فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَغَزَا الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ.
English Translation
Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah told us - and I myself heard it from Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah - he said: Zayd ibn al-Hubab told us, he said: al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah al-Ma'afiri told me, he said: Abdullah ibn Bishr al-Khath'ami told me, from his father, that he heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, say, "Constantinople will surely be conquered; how excellent a commander its commander will be, and how excellent an army that army will be." He said: Then Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik summoned me and asked me about it, so I related it to him, and he then set out on a military campaign against Constantinople.