أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاق ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي قَبِيلٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَكْتُبُ إِذْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَيُّ الْمَدِينَتَيْنِ تُفْتَحُ أَوَّلًا : قُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةُ ، أَوْ رُومِيَّةُ ؟، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" لَا، بَلْ مَدِينَةُ هِرَقْلَ أَوَّلًا "

Uthman bin Muhammad told us, Yahya bin Ishaq told us, Yahya bin Ayyub told us, on the authority of Abu Qabil, he said: I heard Abdullah Ibn Amr, may God be pleased with him, said: While we were around the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, writing, when the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was asked: Which of the two cities will be conquered first: Constantinople or Rome? The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “No, but the city of Heraclius first.”