Hamzah Wald Maqbul – 23 Ramadn Late Night Majlis Two Bridges 04032024
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We've reached this Mubar, 23rd night of Ramadan.
Allah to Allah give us all to
do the things that he loves in these
nights and avoid those things that he hates
and to not
screw it up because of our own now
that Shaitan
is largely clocked out. May Allah
protect us all.
I mean,
So
So we continue reading about the campaign of
the companions
in Iraq
under the reign of Saidna Umar
And we
got to a point where
the commander,
Abu Ubaid,
stopped his army directly
across
the
Forat, the,
Euphrates River
from
the Persians.
And so the Persians actually built a pontoon
bridge to cross it.
So the Battle of the Jisr of the
Bridge,
Bahman, the Persian commander, gave the Muslims the
choice between crossing the bridge or the Persians
crossing over to them.
Abu Ubaid decided to cross. Men of judgment
and foresight advised him not to, but he
refused the advice saying the Persians cannot be
more daring in the face of death than
us. So the Muslims crossed over and a
severe battle ensued.
The Persians had many elephants in their army,
which terrified the Muslim horses, and the battle
turned against them. Abu Ubaid ordered, trap the
elephants and cut off their girths and throw
their riders off. Saying this, Abu Ubaid went
to jump onto a white elephant to go
about what he had just commanded, but the
elephant struck him with his front foot, and
he fell to the ground and was trampled
to death.
His second in command went to take the
flag from him fighting to defend himself until
he was able to take the flag.
He was then killed.
7 people from the tribe of Fatif took
the flag and were killed one after the
other.
Mufana then took it. He saw the battle
had turned against the Muslims and that some
of them were defeated and that the bridge
had been cut off. One of the Muslims
had, cut it off so that they did
not flee, but this did not stop them.
Instead, they jumped into the Euphrates and some
drowned while others managed to save themselves.
Mufendar called out to those who had crossed
over to retie the bridge, then he ordered
the Muslims to cross saying to them, cross
over calmly because we are behind you. Do
not get agitated and end up drowning yourselves.
He remained behind until they had all crossed
and then crossed at their rear.
So it's
important to, note that
the, advice of Sayna who
to his commanders that he gave before sending
them from Medina
was to
deliberate
and to think about things and not to
be impetuous,
but when an opportunity comes to,
to go across it. Perhaps in retrospect and
hindsight is 2020. Allah has witnessed that. I
don't say this in any way to, you
know, object to anything that
any of the companions or the allahu ta'ala
on whom did. Their mistakes are more beloved
to allahu ta'ala than our,
wise advices are. But perhaps in retrospect, seeing
some things that were not visible immediately, it
was not the best idea to,
take the army across the bridge and put
the Muslims at a disadvantage,
nor was the bravado of doing something like
cutting the bridge behind them.
Now, this is, again, I don't say this
to say anything bad about
any of them
because, again, Allah knows that, their efforts and
their sacrifices for deen were
accepted by Allah ta'ala. Therefore, they're always going
to be more successful than those that, come
come afterward.
But it's okay to also learn a lesson.
And, it's also okay to praise the the
calmness of the commander, Mufana,
who, had the good sense to
cast the bravado aside
and order that the bridge be reattached
and,
to order the troops to
calmly retreat
rather than to,
rather than to cause more pandemonium and chaos
and cause the bridges
to break or people to fall off the
bridge because of the ruckus in
a a hasty and, uncoordinated
and uncontrolled retreat. And on top of all
of that, we have to admire the bravery
of him that he waited for all of
his men to go across before going across
himself, which is really a noble and praiseworthy,
a noble and praiseworthy act on his part.
And people who do things like this, this
is a sign that, they're worthy of
they're worthy of, of of rank and of
honor and of leadership.
The last to be killed on the bridge
was, Salit bin Qais.
Accept all of their shahadaat. About 4,000 Muslims
died in this episode either in battle or
by drowning.
Many of those who crossed over left Mufannna
out of shame that they were put to
flight and that he was left injured, with
a a small number of his men.
Allah prevented Bahman from crossing the bridge in
the in pursuit of the Muslims because of
the news he refused received from,
back home that differences had risen amongst the
Persians,
separating them into 2 groups. Those who supported
Rustam, who was kind of like the prime
minister,
in charge of the the throne while the,
the royal house was
struggling to pick a,
an a new emperor and those that supported
the, the bid of Firuzan.
Bahman then gave up his intention of pursuing
the Muslims. When the news of the defeat
and the news that many of the people
had scattered out of shame reached to Omar,
He said, oh, Allah.
Every Muslim is free from obligation to me,
and I am the support of every Muslim.
May Allah show mercy on Abu Ubaid. Had
he come to me, I would have supported
him.
And,
this is,
Said Nama
way of
of not
heaping blame on them for the loss,
rather showing that that that they were they
were all together.
Now if you'll remember,
the previous and one of the previous majlis
majalis, we were talking about
the, advices
that were, that were given,
to by the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam to
the companions
which is what which is, like, keep trying
your best and don't be overwhelmed.
If you suffer a setback,
then,
you know, as soon as you're able to
get up and start trying again.
This is the this is the, culture that
the prophet
cultivated amongst the companions
It's not this kind of bravado,
of Jahiliyah
where you kinda your mouth overpromises
things, and then when you get knocked on
your backside or when something,
afflicts you, you then give up and then
you, like, kinda go hide your face out
of shame,
and, like, just kind of give up. It's
not a good thing. People feel like doing
that from time to time. It's a very
human
reaction to things, at least for some people.
But, we shouldn't be that that way as
Muslims.
If it's difficult, if you're defeated, if you're
injured, if, you know, internally, externally in your
body, in your heart, in your emotions, whatever
it is, You know, as long as you're
down, you're down. And then once you get
better and you get back up on your
feet, don't be overwhelmed by circumstances. Keep keep
going and try again.
This
is a really important
really important quality in people, and this is
what the quality is amongst people who are
successful.
And Allah loves this quality,
amongst people.
And,
that's something to, to note and something to
keep in mind, and
it's in line with the
words that said Omar
who was purported to have uttered
after having,
after having heard of this loss.
Omar
then did help Mufanna by sending many armies
out to him. Amongst them were Juriyr bin
Abdullahi Bajali
and his people, and Isma bin
Abdullahi Babi and his people.
He asked the former apostates who had repented
sincerely to go out in battle,
And every time someone from amongst them came
to him, he would send him to Mufana.
So he was augmenting,
his army with,
with those people who have who had sincerely
repented from their
wrongs. And that's the
how big their hearts were that they were
able to
accept their repentance and trust them. And how
big the hearts, of the people who repented
was that they also went out sincerely and
strove in the path of Allah Subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
May Allah Ta'ala give all of us sinners
the, the tawfiq to
the tawfiq to
redeem ourselves in the eyes of Allah ta'ala
for our time that we wasted and opportunities
that we wasted, and still go out in
the path of Allah
and still fight and still try again even
though, our circumstances around us seem and look
like they're hopeless, but they're not hopeless at
all. You have Allah with you. Hopelessness is
only for a kafir.
Hopelessness is the house that a kafir lives
in. Hopelessness is his prison in this world
and the hereafter. Even when he's enjoying himself,
he's still hopeless because he knows the very
earth that he fought,
on, in order to dominate the very land
that he stands on. That the
is gonna come over that very land,
and he's going to be buried in that
very land. And he hopes that doesn't come
because
it's not gonna have anything good for him.
But then the best thing he has to
hope for is death. Hopelessness and despair is
only for those people, For the person who
believes in Allah and his
even if he made mistakes, even if he
screwed up, even if he wasn't good at
what he did, there's nothing but hope and
there's nothing but, encouragement
and there's nothing but solace and there's nothing
but happiness and a bright future for such
a person. May Allah
give us, from this hope and give the
people the ummah of the prophet
this hope as well,
despite whatever images we see on TV and
whatnot.
Yes. This is
important to not just talk about the hope
and then sit on your, backside the whole
time. We have to do something also to
help our brothers and sisters.
However, just because you haven't been perfect with
that help up until this point, doesn't mean
that you,
abscond and run away or that
you,
you you,
censure yourself for thinking about them or that
you at least don't cherish and keep inside
of your heart this fond hope that Allah
will show you a way, and that you
ask him to show you a way in
order to do something. Allah
gives from his father to those who ask.
As for Rustam and Firuzan, who were disputing
with one another over the leadership of the
Persians, when they heard of what Umar was
doing
They dispatched an army under Mehran al Farsi
to Hayrab.
Mufana then wrote to Jarir Isma and their
soldiers telling them to meet him at the
place called Buayb, which is next to the
present day Kufa.
Mufana
proceeded till he met them at Buayb.
They faced the armies of Meheran with the
Euphrates River between them. Mufanna decided let to
let the Persians cross over to the Muslims,
for a Muslim does not fall into the
same trap twice. He conveyed to the Persians
that they should cross over, and they did.
In the meantime, Mufannna straightened his battle lines
and started to encourage and advise the Muslims,
saying to them, I hope that you are
not defeated today because of your strength. By
Allah, truly, whatever pleases me for myself is
precisely what I desire for each of you.
He displayed the utmost sincerity and integrity to
the people,
with his words and actions and remained with
them,
in both ease ease and hardship.
After this, he said, I'm going to cry
Allahu Akbar 3 times. When I say it
the 4th time, you must attack.
When he shouted Allahu Akbar the first time,
the Persians rushed toward them. Mufana saw a
gap in the battle lines of Banu,
and sent a message to them saying the
commander conveys peace to you and says to
you, do not disgrace the Muslims today. They
straightened their battle lines, and Mufana laughed in
happiness at their obedience.
The battle got going.
Mufana
attacked the heart of the polytheists exactly where
Mehran, their commander, was.
The two flanks, did battle against each other.
Neither of the flanks was able to achieve
victory for its commander, neither the Muslims nor
the Persians. But the central division of the
Muslim army overpowered the heart of the polytheist
camp devastating it and slaying mihran.
When the two flanks of the Muslim army
saw this, they advanced toward those who were
before them forcing the Persians to turn back
on their heels.
Completely routed, they struggled with one another to
get over the bridge,
but Mufana reached it before them and barred
them from crossing so they scattered climbing and
falling.
Used to count this,
a mistake saying you shouldn't corner a person
who's unable to defend himself.
And so that's that's his honor as well
that he felt bad about about it. They
routed them so, completely that he felt like,
it was almost an unfair advantage.
Lufana then dispatched a a squadron to pursue
the Persians,
which reached
Sabah, a place in Mada'in and conquered it.
After this,
the path for the Muslims between Hera to
the banks of the Tigris became safe and
secure.
Hanafis and Surq Baghdad.
Muthunna then proceeded in the direction of Hanafis
near Ambar
and Sukh Bahdad after appointing Bashir
bin,
Khasasiya over Hera. He attacked both these places
and continued until he stopped at
the Salihin River in Ambar. He then dispatched
a squadron to fight, with a group of
Arabs in Siffin,
a place to the northwest of the Euphrates,
not part of the district of Halep.
The squadron,
duly defeated the Arabs there. With this victory,
the countryside of Iraq all came under the
control of the Muslims
who took Jizya from the non Muslims
and received the proceeds from the lands that
they had conquered. The Persians had no authority
whatsoever west of the Euphrates.
Moreover,
their authority over the gulf lands weakened, the
areas,
the areas
that are in the eastern part of the
Arabian Peninsula because they were clients of the
Persian Persians.
Moreover, the authority of,
their authority over the gulf lands weakened as
the masses were greatly affected by by this
and saw that their kingdom was starting to
wane.
They realized that their fall was imminent, if
they did not remedy the situation and strive
firstly to resolve internal conflicts which had almost
got the better of them.
So, inshallah, with this, we will, inshallah,
stop
and,
we will then
talk tomorrow about
the battle of Qadisiyah, which is the kind
of decisive battle that gave,
the Muslims the upper hand and the advantage
over the
over the Persians. Allah
be pleased with the companions of the messenger
of Allah
and all of those who followed their way
in until the day of judgment.
And make us amongst the ones that love
those people
and make us the ones that are the
first to support those people in our words
and in our deeds and make us into
those people by his father.