Yavuz Sultan Selim had sent a military expedition to Egypt as part of his campaign to unite all Muslim lands under one flag. Along the way, he allowed his army to rest in very large fruit garden. But before continuing on the journey, the sultan had all of his soldiers’ bags checked to see if there were any fruit inside. Seeing that no soldier took a fruit, Sultan Selim raised his hand up toward the sky and said, ” O Allah, endless praise to You. Thank You for giving me an army that does not consume haram. Had there been a single soldier that ate a fruit without permission from its owner I was going to turn back from the expedition.” And he continued to praise and thank Allah…

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Osmanlı orsusunun, İslam’ı tek bir bayrak altında toplamak gayesi ile Mısır seferine giderken Gebze yakınlarındaki bağlık-bahçelik bir arazide mola verdiğinde Yavuz Sultan Selim’in bütün askerlerin heybelerini arattığını ve hiçbirinde meyve cinsinden birşey çıkmaması üzerine ellerini semaya açarak; ‘Allah’ım, sonsuz şükürler olsun ki bana haram yemeyen bir ordu lütfettin. Eğer askerimin içinde bir tek kişi sahibinden izinsiz bir meyve yeseydi ve ben bunu haber alsaydım Mısır seferinden vazgeçerdim! diyerek Rabbine sonsuz hamd’ü senalarda bulunduğunu…