Nama : Farrel Reyhan Gunawan

NIM : 1205010058
Kelas : SPI 2B
MUHAMMAD AL FATIH

Muhammad Al Fatih (1431 – 1481 AD), the son of Sultan Murad II, sultan who ruled the
Ottoman Empire since the year 1451 AD. As a child, Muhammad Al Fatih was spoiled and lazy
learning. But Muhammad Al Fatih began seriously studied after his father brought some teachers
such as Shaykh Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani, Sheikh Aag Syamsudin, and others. From them,
Muhammad Al Fatih studied religion, language, skills, physical geography, astronomy, and
history. Muhammad Al Fatih grew into someone who was an expert at war and smart riding, an
expert in the field of science and mathematics, and master 6 languages since the age of 21.
Muhammad Al-Fatih was intelligent young man who had the willpower to reach his goal,
especially for conquering Constantinople as the words of the Prophet Muhammad since he was
12 years old.
The success of Muhammad Al Fatih conquered Constantinople was not coincidence.
Muhammad Al Fatih was strengthening Ottoman military power by choosing and selecting
troops ever since they were little. A special team was ordered to spread throughout Turkey and
the surrounding area to search for the children of the most intelligent, the most diligent of
worship, and the most powerful physique. Then the parents are given the offer that their children
can be guided in the early age. Once agreed, the chosen children were given coaching of religion,
science, and military, as their daily needs borne by the state. So, it made sense why no single
soldier had ever left prayers since baligh, even half of them had never left the tahajud prayer
since baligh.
Muhammad Al Fatih himself was mentioned never leaving tahajud and rawatib prayers
since baligh until his death. Narrated in the first prayer that will be held after the conquest,
Muhammad Al Fatih said: “Those who feel never masbuq in prayer please be our prayer leader.”
Long awaited, there was no one going forward. Then steadily Muhammad Al Fatih owned the
former priest in the church in Constantinople.
Maybe that’s the secret of success of Muhammad Al Fatih in realizing its goals and ideals
of Islam, not physical strength, but the closeness to Allah SWT. The secret that he distributed to
troops by keeping the obligatory prayers, tahajud prayers and rawatib prayers. In the age of 22,
Muhammad Al Fatih conquered the city which the Prophet promised eight centuries earlier.
Once captured, the city of Constantinople was replaced with the name Islambul (city of Islam),
and now called Istanbul (replaced by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk).