Ebrahim Bham – Spain

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			Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was salam, ala Mulana Viva La Mulana ba, ba,
		

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			respected elders and brothers, I have just returned from a trip abroad where I had gone to Spain for
the intention of seeing the Islamic sights of Islamic history behind what had happened in Spain. In
fact, I've just come from the airport. And maybe there was nothing else that I could speak on.
didn't prepare anything. So I thought, let me just speak on the trip.
		

			And this is a very interesting and a very great lesson of history.
		

			I lesson that you and I can take much much benefit from if we adhere
		

			to the lessons that we can see from what had happened in Spain. Muslims, let me start off from the
beginning. Muslims came into Spain, firstly, at the behest
		

			of the local people, it is not as if they conquered Spain. They came there because they were
requested to do so. And there was one incident in particular that happened. And that was Spain, was
ruled by the PC graphics, those who are regarded to be maybe Christians, and the Roman part of the
Roman Empire. And the Roman Empire also had a presence in North Africa. Now, what actually used to
happen was that the governors used to send the daughters and the children to the local Capitol to be
educated.
		

			So the governor of the Romans, and the governor of the Romans in North Africa, was a person by the
name of Julian, also known in Arabic Castilian,
		

			and he sent his daughter to Toledo, the capital of the Romans in Spain at that time, she was abused
and she was raped by the governor of Spain. Very angry this he came to the Muslims who also had a
presence in North Africa. And he came to Musab in Macedo and he said he helped me What has happened
to me and look at the injustice, the oppression and what is happening there helped me take over that
country and bring about their justice and bring about a situation where people can live peacefully.
		

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educated now when they came in, you know, this whole particular thing is Muslims came in as saviors.
And it's amazing that at that time, Muslims were regarded to be saviors. They not only help Muslims
away from oppression and injustice, they came to help and they help people who are oppressed from
other nations and other religions. Today our weaknesses such that we can't even help our own
		

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			Hello Yes, Thea can upload up to anadromous Luma key Maya Tameka. orem Kamala Nickerson. So Muslims
came in on that particular situation. They gave him on that particular pretext. And who came in
Tarik bin Zayed Rama Kalani, the great Muslim conqueror came in and he came in first, at a place
called Gibraltar. It is Gibraltar is actually Jebel atomic. That's a place where terribly Ziad came
in. And of course, he's a very famous incident with some historians who have, you know, cast doubt
with regard to his authenticity, the interrogans yard leather in Spain. He told his army and he
burned all his ships, and he told his army you got no other way out. Now either fight.
		

			Death again victory. That particular incident. there is doubt with regard to its authenticity,
although it is very famous in history. And now my band has also made mention with regard to it, that
this is what Tarik did. And they fought tooth and nail, and they fought in Gibraltar. They came into
the land of Spain. And then eventually they fought in Cordoba, and they fought in Toledo, Toledo,
that time was the capital. And in Arabic, it is known as Terra Tila. They fought and they overcame
the rulers of the time, and they gain victory. And they set themselves up and they set up an empire.
They set up a civilization. They set up a rule of law, that today even up to this day, not only
		

			Muslims, non Muslims it all with regard to the civilization and with regard to the presence and with
regard to the justice that Muslims had brought to the tail end. They came in poker and created such
a great civilization this civilization, muscle man muscle manone wahaca Murakami logo key gozar is
Perla pika? Or Islam? Key battery Mujahideen. Tariq bin Zayed Rahmatullah LA, Nikki Harto, Spain
photography. Now, when they came, what did they create? We say they created such a great
civilization. They created a civilized civilization, which had at least initially was built on taqwa
was built on Jihad was built on justice was built on tolerance was built on worldly progress, and
		

			was built on big giving people of the world at that time, a much better alternative than what they
had. And let me give you an example. In 19 950, of the Common Era, Cordova became the seat of the
Muslim, a philosopher in Spain. We know actually what actually happened was when the Muslims came
in, they gained victory. And as is the bane of Muslim societies throughout the world, they started
fighting amongst themselves. They started fighting for the spoils, tribes started fighting with one
another. And this is something that is plagued the Muslims even up to this day, this particular
aspect of fighting this unity, which has caused the downfall and the weakness of Muslims up to this
		

			day, they started doing that, in faraway Baghdad, there was an incident that happened a year to
overtaken by the apostles, who's who slain and who killed all the remaining philosophers, and all
the remaining rulers and the dynasty and the family. There was one person who came away from the
unscathed, you know, in that unscathed in terms of the scars that he had the emotional scars that he
had, but he saved his life. And he came in he was a man. Up to rock man came he was a part of the
Romanians. He came first to Egypt. He was pursued by the passage, the passage in all domains, and
then he came into more into North Africa. His mother was a Berber, they gave him refugee and then he
		

			came into Spain. And when he came into Spain, he is known as
		

			the man who came and entity to Spain. And he's also known as the Falcon of Spain, he created the
philosopher and what amazing philosopher he created. And in every way as I said, taqwa justice
tolerance, and why was this, you know, initial success? What was the reasons with regard to it? Let
me give you an example of what was created in the year 950. In the year 950, of the Common Era, now
we are in 2019, almost 1000 years back.
		

			Cordova was the most progressive, and the most technologically and progressive and advanced city in
the world. There was a survey that was carried out at that particular time. In Cordova, there were
600,000 homes, just over half a million homes, a half a million people, right? out of that they were
50 hospitals
		

			92,700 small shops. Everyone was prosperous. Night. Can you imagine the ratio out of 600,000 people
in homes, they were 92,700. Today, people the world talks about SMEs small and medium business
enterprises, because it is the it is the hallmark and the basis of a prosperous society to get small
business. You know, if we have multinationals, only few people benefit, the poor remain poor. in
Cordoba out of 600,000 funeral homes, they were 92,700 shops, and they were 300 public baths. And
then at a time when the people of Europe work in at that time in the propone plague because of
filth, they used to throw the feces they used to throw the filter the
		

			crown and because of which people used to be sick. At that time, Muslims at 300 hamams in Cordova,
private homes, there were 700 libraries, private homes in Cordova, had more books in the library.
The personal library, then was in the entire libraries of Europe. There was three there was three
lights for 10 miles outside Cordova, at a time when London and Paris only to see straight lights,
many centuries thereafter, there was running water in Cordova. This was the progress that was
happening with regard to and one of the reasons amongst the, as I said, taqwa justice, Jihad
fighting in the path of Almighty Allah subhanho wa Taala. But specific outcomes, tolerance, Muslims
		

			were tolerant, and I always make mention with regard to it, that the strength of Muslims have always
been that they were tolerant. And wherever great empires of Muslims were established, it was always
based because of tolerance, you will find it, the umayyads will make property also in a very great
empire. But because they were comparatively to the passage, more harsh, they hold particular
philosophy that lasted 400 years, the Omega buses
		

			that came into pass that were more tolerant, more open to the outside world, they lasted for over
500 years. Go and look at the tolerance of the Muslims in Spain. Therefore, they lasted for 800
years, the Ottomans were even more tolerant, they lasted for 600 years. So together with jihad,
there was tolerance and therefore you will find in Spain, many non Muslims it named a moon a moon It
was a Jewish poet philosopher, you know, and he was among the one who had his greatest works under
Muslim rule. You know what amazing thing he had said, make him a Moon Bay moon. He said, when was
when Jewish civilization and Jews were protected by Muslims in Spain. It is the same evening mamoon
		

			who said that the greatest threat to Jews of Spain, the greatest threat to Jews of Spain is
attraction and the beauty of Islam.
		

			The greatest threat to the to the continuation of Jews in Spain was the attraction, the beauty of
Islam because Muslims at that time were among those who and one of the things that we also got to
say was not only taqwa and justice, they were amongst those who are in the forefront with regard to
the progress I made mentioned with regard to running water I made mention with regard to lights,
something that you and I today we feel it's got nothing to do a deep, but every every successful
civilization, every successful administration has to have worldly prosperity for the citizens has to
have situation where the citizens or at least they want the needs and their immediate needs are met.
		

			Otherwise, how can you be a proper administration? How can you be a proper human? How can you be a
proper government? And not only in that, you know, in the museum that we went, we saw, you know,
that the surgical instrument of zahawi cases who would use instruments to conduct operations long
before we regard you know, medical progress today to be part and parcel of the Western civilization,
it was routed and started off by Muslims, the surgical instruments that he has used to conduct
operations like the cataract and other operations have been used right after the First World War. In
fact, today, surgical instruments differ very little from the instruments that were used by zahavi
		

			anarchists. Muslims were this particular way they had, and they remain like that for a very long
period of time. They were different phases now 800 years, you know, I just mentioned What's that?
What is 800 years, you know, what is 800 years of umatilla government in a particular place? To give
you an example in contemporary times, we talk about the United States of America, United States of
America is only in existence for 200 years, just over 200 years.
		

			Today, we talk America America, only over 200 years is in existence, Muslims were in Spain for over
800 years.
		

			Then, of course, they were this periods of glory and they were periods of decline. And in this whole
aspect of glory, I wish I would like to relate There was also an aspect of decline in the the Muslim
ruler at that time, you know, after Ramana Duffin, he is the term finisher then his son
		

			You know, he established Medina to Zara. So this is something to see we went to go and see the
museum there. And he showed us what was Medina to Sahara. It was in terms of worldly terms, one of
the greatest in terms of opulence you can't believe even today
		

			What has been discovered in Madeira to Zara is only 10% of the original. But even the 10% of the
original strikes you with regard to oil in terms of opulence and you know in terms of worldly
progress, what they had achieved, it was 12 kilometres away from Cordoba. But he was such a great
tell us, you know, anytime we created it perhaps with the intention of creating or amongst the
nations of the world, so in that particular way, he created something, he said, when a dignitary
used to come to visit the Khalifa in Madeira to Zara for 12 kilometres used to come to Cordova.
Cordova was the machine the greatest machine that you can see in Western Europe, what a beautiful
		

			machine. So they didn't trust us to come. They used to come from Cordova, or under swords. So they
used to walk under swords, when they used to come and see the Philip halifa, the Khalifa had a room
in which he had quick sale. So when you know your particular mercury and quick say that when a
person was to sit in there, you know, the quick sale under the sun was to give the impression, as if
the entire world is revolving, and after coming that used to come in from Rosa Khalifa. And the
Filippo used to give him an agreement and says sign this particular agreement that you will be under
the Muslim rule. And after seeing this entire, you know, scenes of greatness, and this whole scenes,
		

			you should assign that one particular agreement, but this very same type of opulence was the
beginning of the decline. And do you know what was Medina to Sahara, there was 13,000, male servants
and slaves in Medina to Sahara 6500, female slaves and servants that were looking after the early
pioneers in storage. And this was now the beginning of the decline. So this one one way was all this
whole particular progress. And after 800 years, Muslims started losing, you know, different cities.
And how what actually happened was they started fighting amongst one another one of the greatest
pains. And one of the greatest reasons for the losing of the Muslim presence in Spain was disunity
		

			and infighting. So whereas, after a while, when the Muslims are well settled, no one could actually
think that they were going to be defeated because they were so powerful was a presence. Then they
started fighting amongst one another. So instead of having one central philosophy, they started
having city states. They used to call it 31st. So they used to be up to 30 different city states.
And others would have let me just say a few things in the yard to Hannah
		

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			or Johanna karate. Now in a particular way that started the decline. What was the reasons for the
decline? One of it was opulence. The other reason was with regard to infighting, Muslims started
fighting, and because of the infighting, the enemies took root, and they started defeating the
Muslims, instead of coming under one central philosophy, instead of fighting for a common cause.
Instead of cooperating with other Muslim for the betterment of the of the cause for the betterment
of the deen each and every one had their own small, small kingdoms. They came a time the kingdoms
were there
		

			was a famous Muslim traveler came to Spain and he said, I never ever saw so many Amira Romanians in
one place.
		

			Sounds familiar. Everyone is amenable meaning everyone is a chef, everyone has got his own
particular you know situation, everyone got his own fiefdom. So that the same thing happened. So
then they started slowly. This the Christians what they call Reconquista, they started picking up
slowly on one one city. So Toledo fell, and then all the others fell. Then Seville fell and Algeria
fell Valencia fell, Zaragoza fell, and then Cordova fell in the year 12 158. Muslims came in
711 1238 all the entire speed was conquered besides one place known as Garner, Granada, there was
another philosopher that came and that philosopher brought back memories of the glory of Islam.
		

			Today, Uncle hamre well as in my respect for others, you will be happy and you will be feel proud
and you will try. Such great such great architecture, such great beauty, such great aesthetics. It
gives us an
		

			achievement trials you said How was it last night Muslims had such great therapy and such great
progress. How do they lose all this? You will Yunus sit in amazement in all with regard to the
beauty that is in Granada for 250 years, the Muslims that we have all the other cities fell 1492
Granada fell. And when the Muslims were there, the United once again. So they were even talking now
that we are going to get all the cities back together.
		

			But then again, the very same thing that caused the downfall of the other cities. The same thing
happened in Granada. There were two brothers, one in Malaga, and one in Granada, very close to
another 100 kilometres. They were holding the hill after they started fighting when they started
fighting, Granada also fell. And uptil Abu Abdullah was the one who said assign the Treaty of
surrender to Ferdinand and Isabella, and Muslims last Spain. And when, you know, he read the whole
agreement, the agreement was that Muslims will be allowed to stay in Spain, they will be allowed to
keep their massages, they will be allowed to do this and that. And today the western civilization
		

			talks a lot about tolerance, what actually they did, they went against all of those agreements, and
they started killing Muslims. And they started persecuting Muslims, the Muslims came to be known as
moriscos. They used to keep initially they Islam outwardly. And you know, outwardly, they used to be
Christians inside they used to be human, but that also was not sufficient. And then they slowly
started looking for any signs of you being a Muslims. And then he either baptize you forcibly they
made you into Christians, or if you didn't want to become a Christian, they kill you. When Abu
Abdullah surrendered, and he saw they were not keeping the agreements, he also then fled to North
		

			Africa. And when he came out of Grenada, you know, there is a place which even know up till now it
is kept on a hill known as a side of the woods. You know, you know, of course, there's a sense of
pride also waiting there, there's a sense of regret, also, there's a sense of sadness. And there
that particular Hill when you looked at Granada, and he realized what he had lost, he started
crying.
		

			And when he cried, his mother told him, he said, Oh, my son, what is the use of crying like a baby,
when you couldn't protect it like a man?
		

			What is the use of crying like a baby when you put in protective
		

			and because of this, Muslims lost that whole particular region, Allah knows in the earth, Allah, you
refer me or show me a buddy, Allah says the herd belongs to Allah, He gives it to whomsoever He
wishes, when you are worth he gave it to you, when you are not worth it.
		

			And that clearly says, that belongs to Almighty Allah. So these were just some of the aspects, we
can't give an entire, you know, history of the region in just 15 minutes. But just the terms with
regard to that we end up by signal umbrella, there are certain signs that are, you know, of great
hope. Today, there are 2 million Muslims in Spain. But out of that 10% 200,000 are local Spanish
people,
		

			locals, Spanish people who have become Muslims, that particular ratio we don't even have in South
Africa.
		

			Let me repeat that, that ratio of 10% local people becoming Muslims, we don't even have in South
Africa.
		

			And we have we went to one particular home, we have Dr. Spanish Dr. realize the truth and he became
a Muslim, he made his whole family Muslims, that particular family are living on the outskirts of
Granada and we went to have a meal with them, it was so reassuring and so, you know, hopeful to see
that this whole Spanish Muslims are becoming many, many of them are realizing that this is what
actually was our our heritage. There was one person one guy told us he said that I I know of a
family and this particular family remembers that they great great grandmother told them and they
have passed it on over the generations. It we are children of worse we are children of Muslims, go
		

			and find out what are our friends and go and search the truth.
		

			One man one person made mention and told us one of the sides told us he said that when once we know
one person one family became a Muslim some you know some time that and you know they used to get up
early hours of wanting to make buzu when they started making Hulu, the great grandmother who was
still alive, came and saw them
		

			and said my great grandmother used to do this.
		

			So we don't know my dear respected brothers when we become worthy Allah subhanaw taala will give
people again hope Omar Abdullah Swami, shall we anybody? Let me conclude as I will see Rufus says
Allah in the Holy Quran, traveling the earth funds okay for Canada to lead him in family and come to
realize what was the consequences of the people of the past? What was the rise, why they rose, and
what were the reasons of the decline and why they decline. Give us a copy of understanding these
lessons and bring it into our life.