๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ

Ibn Kathir says:

In it [543 ู‡ู€], the Franks who numbered seventy thousand fighters along with the King of Germany with an army beyond count besieged Damascus, whose ruler was Mujir al-Din Abaq
Image
Image
and his deputy Mu'in al-Din, who administered the kingdom.

This was on Saturday the sixth of Rabi al-Awwal.

Its people came out against them, one hundred thirty thousand in number, and they engaged in a tremendous battle.
On the first day, around two hundred Muslims were killed, along with countless Franks beyond measure.

The battle raged on for some time, and the people gathered around the copy of Uthman's Quran in the courtyard of the mosque,
calling upon Allah while the women and children were bare-headed, crying and pleading, and ashes were spread throughout the city.

Abaq sought aid from the King Nur al-Din Mahmud [Zangi], the ruler of Aleppo, and from his brother Saif al-Din Ghazi, the ruler of Mosul.
They set out hastily with around seventy thousand soldiers joined by other kings and men.

When the accursed Franks heard of the coming of the army, they retreated from the city.

The army pursued them, killing great numbers of them and capturing many prisoners.
Among those they killed was a priest named Elijah [Ilyas] who had deceived them into attacking Damascus by falsely claiming he had a vision from the Messiah [โ€˜Isa ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…] promising him the conquest of Damascus โ€“ may Allah curse him!
They had nearly captured the city, but Allah helped and protected it by His might and power.

Allah Says: ๏ดพAnd if it were not for Allah checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allah is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.๏ดฟ [02:251]
And He says:

๏ดพThose who have been expelled from their homes unjustly only because they said: "Our Lord is Allah."

For had it not been that Allah checks one set of people by means of another, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, wherein the Name of Allah is
wherein the Name of Allรขh is mentioned much would surely have been pulled down.

Verily, Allah will help those who help His (Cause).

Truly, Allรขh is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.๏ดฟ [22:40]
@threadreaderapp unroll

โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
ใ€€

Keep Current with ุฃุจูˆ ุฅุณุญุงู‚ ุงู„ุฑูŠููŠ

ุฃุจูˆ ุฅุณุญุงู‚ ุงู„ุฑูŠููŠ Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @NishMisnArrif

Aug 27
๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต

Ibn Kathir said:

โ€œIn this year [595 ู‡โ€ู€] a great turmoil occurred in the lands of Khurasan.

Its cause was that Fakhr al-Din Muhammad ibn Umar al-Razi, the foremost ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ of his time, visited King Ghiyath al-Din Ghuri,
Image
Image
the ruler of Ghazna, who honored him and built a school for him in Herat.

Most of the Ghurids were Karramiyya; they hated al-Razi and wanted him estranged from the king.

So they gathered a group of Hanafi and Karrami jurists against him, as well some Shafi'is,
and Ibn al-Qudwa attended.

He was a greatly respected scholar among the people and followed the doctrines of Ibn Karram and Ibn al-Haytham.

He and al-Razi debated, but they diverged from discussion into insults and abuse.
Read 8 tweets
Aug 25
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ

Ibn Kathir ุฑุญู…ู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡ said:

โ€œIn this year [303 ู‡ู€] Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasai, the author of ยซSunan al-Nasaiยป, passed away.

[...]

It is said that he would fast one day and break his fast the next.
Image
Image
He had four wives and two concubines.

He used to intercourse frequently, was handsome, and was brightly colored.

[...]

He was appointed as the ruler of Homs.

I heard from our shaykh, the ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizzi ุฑุญู…ู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡ quoting al-Tabarani's narration in his
ยซAl-Mu'jam al-Awsatยป, where he said:

โ€œAhmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Hakim narrated to us from Homs.โ€

They mentioned that he had four wives, and was extremely handsome.

His face was like a lantern.

He would eat a rooster every day, and drink grape syrup with it, from lawful sources.โ€
Read 4 tweets
Aug 24
๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ถ'๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ

Ahmed bin Mahdi:

The '๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ [pious worshipper], the ๐˜ก๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ [ascetic].

He had spent 300,000 dirhams in pursuit of knowledge and went 40 years without sleeping in a bed.
Image
Image
Al-Hafidh Abu Nu'aym narrated with his chain that one night a woman came to Ahmed and said:

โ€œI am in distress, having been forced to commit adultery and am now pregnant from it.

I have taken shelter in you and claimed that you are my husband and that this pregnancy is from you.
So conceal me as Allah will conceal you, and do not dishonor me.โ€

He remained silent about her.

When she gave birth, the people of the neighborhood and the imam of the mosque came to congratulate him.

He feigned happiness, bought some sweets for two dirhams and treated them.
Read 6 tweets
Aug 24
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ'๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฟ ุฑุญู…ู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ท

Abu Nu'aym mentioned in his book Al-Hilyah that:

When Sa'id ibn Jubayr was brought to al-Hajjaj, he said to him:
Image
Image
โ€œAre you the wretched son of Kusayr?โ€

He replied: โ€œNo! I am Sa'id ibn Jubayr.โ€

Al-Hajjaj said: โ€œI will surely kill you.โ€

Sa'id said: โ€œThen I am as my mother named me, Sa'id (happy) [For martyrdom]!โ€

Al-Hajjaj said: โ€œWretched you and wretched your mother!โ€
Sa'id said: โ€œThe matter is not up to you.โ€

Then al-Hajjaj said: โ€œBehead him.โ€

Sa'id said: โ€œLet me pray two rak'ahs.โ€

Al-Hajjaj said: โ€œTurn him to the direction of prayer of the Christians.โ€

Sa'id recited: ๏ดพTo Allah belong the East and the West.๏ดฟ (Quran 2:115)
Read 8 tweets
Aug 23
๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€

Ibn Kathir ุฑุญู…ู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡ said:

โ€œAnd likewise from after him until our time, especially during the days of Hulagu, son of Tolui, son of Genghis Khan the Turk, who destroyed its [Baghdads] landmarks,

Image
Image
killed its caliph and scholars, demolished its houses, razed its palaces, and exterminated the elite and the commoners of its inhabitants in that year [656ู‡ู€].

He seized the wealth and possessions, looted the children and women, and caused grievous sorrow recited at daybreak,
and made it an exemplary ruin in the regions, a lesson for every learned person of insight, and a reminder for every reasonable and straightforward person.

After recitation of the Quran, it was replaced with melodies and tunes, and reciting poetry.

And so it was, and so it was.
Read 6 tweets
Aug 22
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ

Ibn Kathir ุฑุญู…ู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡ said:

Hafidh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said:

โ€œBaghdad had no equal in the world in terms of the grandeur of its status, the magnificence of its affairs, the multitude of its scholars and famous personalities,

Image
Image
Image
the distinction of its elite and commoners, the vastness of its regions, the extent of its outskirts, the large number of its houses, roads, dwellings, streets, its mosques, public baths, caravanserais, the pleasantness of its air, the sweetness of its water,
the coolness of its shade, the moderation of its summer and winter, the healthiness of its spring and autumn.

It was most populous and inhabited during the days of [Harun] al-Rashid.

Then he mentioned its conditions deteriorating after that,
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(