Sultan muhammad al fateh

We know him as Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh, who was also regarded as Muhammad the Conquerer.

He was the man whom the Prophet (s.a.w.) had referred to as the “Best of Kings”.

Words of the Prophet while digging trenches in the battle of the Trench,

“… Constantinople (now Istanbul) will fall into the hands of the Muslim army. This King is the best of kings, his army is the best army …”

(Hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad)

This Hadith was realized almost 800 years later by Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh, the seventh caliph of the Ottoman government. He successfully liberated Constantinople, the capital of eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire.

Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh was born on March 29, 1432 AD at Adrianapolis (border Turkey – Bulgaria.

…a normal baby raised by parents who were serious about religious education and who emphasized Quran.

His father made an effort to get the best religious teachers for his son to teach him intensively and allow the child to be punished by his teacher whenever he didn’t want to read the Quran. This also contributes to why he managed to memorise the Quran within a short time. In his teens, he already mastered six languages, the Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics.

At 12, his father had given him tasks to assist the Caliph, and he was thus exposed to various enemy strategies at an early age. He ascended the throne at the age of 19 years and reigned for 30 years (1451-1481).

Despite his position as a Caliph, he had always been humble with his fellow people, calm and has a quiet personality, yet firm and determined. He loved listening to the views of his religious teachers, and even brought them with him to the battles, so that they could spur the army on with the spirit of Islam.

At 21, he made a mark in the Islamic history by leading Islam to conquer Constantinople. An attempt that many great Muslim leaders before him had failed to do, and Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh did it at such a young age, with intelligent planning, with help from Allah (s.w.t.) and with the blessings of his parents and teachers who had raised him with patience.