This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hafiz Mubashir Hussain Lahori's book Signs of the Day of Judgment in the Light of Authentic Ahadith.
Sign of the Day of Judgment: Rome (Italy) will be conquered
عن أبى قبيل قال كنا عند عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص وسئل أى المدينتي تفت أولا : القسطنطنية أو رومية ؟ فدعا عبد الله يصندوق له خلق قال فأخرج منه كتابا قال فقال : عبد الله بينما نحن حول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تكتب إذا سئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ألى المدينتين تفتح أولا قسطنطنيه أو روسية ؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مدينة هرقل تفتح أو لا يعني قسطنطنيه
Abu Qabeel, may Allah have mercy on him, said: We were with Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As, may Allah be pleased with him, when he was asked which city would be conquered first, Constantinople or Rome (Italy)? Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As, may Allah be pleased with him, brought a chest, took out a book from it, and said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, writing, when he was asked whether Constantinople or Rome would be conquered first. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: The city of Heraclius, Constantinople, will be conquered first.
Reference: Ahmad (234/2) Darimi: Chapter on Permission in Writing Knowledge (486) Hakim (468/4) Al-Dhurr Al-Manshoor (606/6) Al-Silsilah Al-Saheehah (33/1) (4)
Benefits:
➊ Rome is called Roma, which is currently the capital of Italy.
Reference: Mu'jam al-Buldan (113/3)
➋ The mentioned sign of the Day of Judgment has not yet appeared, but our faith is that just as according to the other prophecies of the Messenger of Allah, Rome and Iran, Egypt and Sham, etc. were conquered, similarly Roma will also be conquered. (InshaAllah)
➌ Roma will be conquered after the reconquest of Constantinople.
➍ The struggle between truth and falsehood, which began from the very first day, will continue until the Day of Judgment; in some places Muslims will gain control, and in others they will face defeat and disorder, but even if all the powers of the world unite, they cannot annihilate the Muslim Ummah and the religion of Islam!
➎ Hazrat Abdullah read the hadith he had written and responded, which refutes the incorrect notion of the hadith deniers that hadith was not written during the Prophetic era! Rather, many companions continued to perform the duty of recording hadith in writing.
