Omar Suleiman – The Hardest Ramadans In History

			I'm going to say to you Mr. Heyman hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen whatever Guan Illa Allah Vitamina
will aquiver to limit your pain Allahumma salli wa sallam radical radical Asuka Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, he was looking to sell them to Seaman cathedra. I want to welcome you all to the
final session before we start the month of Ramadan, I ask Allah subhana wa to allow us to meet the
month of Ramadan, the month of forgiveness and mercy with open hearts and with acceptance and ask
Allah subhanaw taala that it also be a month of relief for our brothers and sisters in Gaza and all
over the world. Allahumma Amin. So I wanted to do something special tonight, to depart a bit from
		

			the typical weekly class that we do on the biographies of the companions of the first. And I wanted
to address the historical background of Ramadan as it relates to some of the most historical
triumphs and trials that our community has ever faced that the OMA has ever faced. So basically
studying the famous incidents that took place in this month of Ramadan as they pertain to great
victory, and to great loss. And I think that one of the reasons why this becomes so important to us
is that obviously, with Reza happening in the background, there is a depressed mood within the
community, a sense of despair, that is overtaking money. And it's hard to contextualize all of that
		

			in the history of our Oma. And I think in Charlottesville tonight will be a great help as we go
through some of those incidents. So I actually took about 10 or 12 incidents, I don't intend to take
more than 3540 minutes in sha Allah to Allah, just doing an overview of what Ramadan has looked like
throughout Islamic history, particularly than the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So it's a month that is distinguished, obviously by its worship, it's a month that's distinguished
by our sense of discipline, and it's also a month that is distinguished by victory. And so some of
the greatest triumphs in Islamic history have, in fact, come during this particular month of
		

			Ramadan. And so I want to start off with the following. There is the month of Ramadan as it relates
to personal trial and tribulation, and there's the month of Ramadan as it relates to community
victory. And so those two things are important to distinguish from one another. This is a month in
which we see many of the most difficult days of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at a
personal level, but it's also a month in which we see some of our greatest moments and greatest
moments of hope, particularly in his era sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I also want to make one other,
I think distinguishing fact, there is a difference between Ramadan before fasting was legislated.
		

			And Ramadan prior to that. Now Allah has made it as such that blessed days coincide with blessing
incidents, and important and significant moments in our history, even before those days are honored
by acts of worship. So for example, the first 10 days of the hedger right there also known as the 10
days of Moses, the 10 days of Musa alayhis salam, when he went up to speak to Allah subhanaw taala
and he received the commandments. So those 10 days coincide with the 10 days of the hedgerow
coincide with the days of Ibrahim, coincide with the days of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, so they coincide naturally by the Divine scheme likewise, when it comes to the revelation
		

			of the books, the prophets of Allah when he was so I'm talking about the descent of the Torah, the
descent of the Gospels, the descent of the Psalms, there's a war all in the month of Ramadan
coinciding with the month of Ramadan even if people did not know them to be descending in the month
of Ramadan. And so many things happened before the legislation of fasting the month of Ramadan when
did the legislation of fasting of Ramadan come what year was it? Who can tell me
		

			that voting exhausts you all that much like our you're also tired? It's a quick line today. Why is
everyone look so exhausted? What year was it legislated?
		

			The second year after Hitler, the second year after hijra, Cuzzi VALIC mausoleum, fasting was
prescribed upon you, however, before fasting is prescribed in the month of Ramadan. The Prophet
salallahu Alaihe Salam obviously received revelation in the month of Ramadan, in which he went to
his wife Khadija or the Allahu taala. And she grasped him Salallahu Alaihe Salam she embraced him as
he was, you know, shook by the experience of receiving revelation. But it's also the month that the
Prophet salallahu Salam very Cathedral, the Allahu Tirana, so So deja passed away, or the Allahu
anhu, the wife of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, on the 10th day of Ramadan before the
		

			legislation of fasting in Ramadan. And this is, of course, one of the most difficult moments of life
of the prophets like some, if not his most difficult moment when he goes into the grave to receive
the body of Khadija or the Allahu Taala and his emotional support his loving
		

			wife who stood by him every step of the way in the face of that persecution and then his uncle Abu
Talib within days passes away, also in the month of Ramadan.
		

			And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam has to deal with the heartbreak of everything that
surrounded the death of Abu Talib and Obatala being the physical protection of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam no longer there to protect him from his enemies. And of course, that was
the year of grief. I'm in prison, where the prophets lie Selim was also humiliated and persecuted
and beaten by the people of love. So this took place, the personal losses took place in the month of
Ramadan. And these were the most devastating losses in the life of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. But of course, with those devastating losses, comes a realization of a new spiritual rank.
		

			And that is, in fact, how we view Divine Decree, how we view caught up in Islam, that with the most
difficult test, comes the most exemplary patience and with the most exemplary patience comes the
greatest reward. And so by saying that these were the moments that the Prophet slice and I'm had his
most difficult tests, you're also saying that these were the moments in which the Prophet salallahu
Alaihe Salam realized his greatest rewards in this blessed month of Ramadan. It's also the month in
which for example, on a personal level again, and of course, this has a community element as well. I
don't even know how we thought about all the Allahu Tada and who was murdered, murdered on the 17th
		

			day of Ramadan 40 years after Hijra and Kufa may Allah be pleased with him. I mean, many tragic
right he prayed a lot to the budget and he was killed by the Hello outage on that day of Ramadan.
But again, if you were to ask it, it'll the Allahu Taala and haw about being murdered on a day of
Ramadan after Salat al Fajr then that is a realization of a different spiritual rank for him as
well. And that is the the hope and the optimism of the believer, as they combine tragedy with
understanding of the afterlife, right and those two things go together. Now when we move into the
actual post Ramadan, victories and battles and triumphs, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		

			receives the command two years after Hijra cootie Valley mausoleum came out kuchibhotla denim and
public company Allah contracts upon fasting has been prescribed upon you as it was prescribed on
those who came before you so that you may become God conscious. So the command to fast is in the
month of Ramadan shuffle Ramadan. And it was also in the second year after Hijra that Allah reveals
cootie Valley como que tal Wahoo occurred when Lacan that fighting has been prescribed upon you even
though you hate to fight, you have resisted fighting back, the people of Mecca who have persecuted
you. But now you have been given permission to fight back against those who have driven you out of
		

			your homes who have murdered your relatives who have wreaked havoc on your community for over a
decade. Now you have the permission to fight back. So when is the first year that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and the companions have to experience Ramadan? Or what are the
circumstances of the very first Ramadan in which you have slam, it's actually the Battle of better
		

			the Battle of bed that it takes place, right, with the revelation of the fasting of Ramadan. And of
course, if you were to think about the circumstances of the Battle of Beda, the Muslims are caught
off guard in the sense that they were not expecting a full out battle. They were trying to retrieve
what was stolen from them from the stolen from from the caravans of Abu Sufyan what was taken away
from them. And so these were small battalions that were trying to retrieve some of the stolen goods
from almost Soufiane. And of course, the Americans instead waged an all out battle. And they prepare
a well fortified, armored, you know, group to fight the Muslims to confront the Muslims in the
		

			Battle of better 1000 of them with their full, you know, Army gear against Muslims who didn't have
armor who didn't have horses who didn't have the proper weapons to defend themselves and this is
turning up, or this is looking like it's going to be a massacre. And the prophets lie some does what
on this precious night of Ramadan. Now, if you think about it, it's the 17th of Ramadan, the 16th
day of Ramadan, the 17th night of Ramadan, the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him spends the
entire night in prayer, asking Allah to support him and to give him victory. And on that day, the
first Ramadan that they are in a state of observing the month of Ramadan on that day, Allah sends
		

			angels
		

			to fight alongside the believers against the Makins and I want you to think about the descent of the
angels in Ramadan how much we talk about the angels descending upon the gatherings of Ramadan,
imagine the angels descending on the believers
		

			In their first Ramadan, when they are properly observing the month of Ramadan, imagine how much of a
communication there is between the heavens and the earth, and particularly that blessing group of
people. And so there's something uniquely tied to the then descent of the angels where the believers
can actually see them and perceive them by their sides in that month of Ramadan, during the Battle
of Bethel, and that was the difference between bedded and offered, by the way, is that the battle of
bed, there was a moment in which the believers were unprepared and all the odds were stacked against
them. And they felt particularly the presence of them erotica, the presence of the angels. And so I
		

			want you to think about what that does in terms of the connection to the month of Ramadan,
		

			then you fast forward. And so the Battle of better is known as Yeoman for con the day of the
criteria, the day that separated truth from falsehood. It was the day that Allah made things clear.
And it was the day that all of those the pharaoh of this ummah, for the owner of this Abuja, and all
of those that had tortured and tormented, the Muslims for over a decade, had finally been defeated.
Right. And there is a sense of, there's a sense of divine protection, and a psychology of the
Muslims that has shaped from that first Ramadan, and from that first great victory that comes in the
month of Ramadan during the Battle of Bedouin, right, that they understand, truly, in Tunsil, Allah
		

			here on soracom, where you submit academically, so long as you support the cause of Allah, Allah
subhanaw taala will support you and he will make firm your feet. And so I want you to think about if
other than better were switched, what that would have done to the psychology of the muscles, right?
But better is how they start off and better becomes the default that so long as you abide by this
way, so long as you remain committed, that there will be divine protection and divine victory that
will be unlocked for you. And so this sets the tone of Ramadan and better go hand in hand. Fast
forward to the year, three years after Hinduism. And the battle of Earth happens. I want you to
		

			think about this. Because when I said this yesterday, people were kind of like what do you mean by
that every Ramadan was different for the Muslims. It was never ordinary, if that makes sense. It was
in the last days of Ramadan, that the Muslims got word that the Makins, we're coming from Mecca,
		

			to basically finish off the job, and to carry out an act of vengeance for the battle of better. And
so imagine, you're in your first Asha, Alaska, your first last 10 nights in the middle of the
Prophet slice, and then everything is going smooth. And then the word comes to you that the Mexicans
have now galvanized an army of over 3000. And they are coming with the intention to drink wine over
your corpses to mutilate your bodies and to shout a day for a day that we've come back to kill you,
because of the defeat of better. And when did the battle take place? It took place just a few days
after eat
		

			just a few days after eat and so the march from Mecca, happened during the month of Ramadan. The
Muslims in Medina understand that there is this force that is about to come in to attack them in the
next month in the coming month of Shawwal. And one thing that that that I'm just thinking about, you
know, isn't it something that the shahada offered, the murders of their last month of their lives
was Ramadan?
		

			You know, you think about it in a different way, right comes out of the low, I'm homeless, I've got
all the low. I'm loving the jacks, I'm the loving haram, those incredible human beings. Imagine what
the state of their faithless on that day of effort. And these are the things that we can never know,
because they're not recorded in the books. But don't you think that some of the stories of courage
rushing to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam because there is a calculation that you have to
make in the battlefield? When when Khalid comes from around and he starts to run over the Muslims
from the other side, a lot of good people fled the battlefield that day. Because it was a difficult
		

			moment, and you had to make a choice. You have to ask yourself, and we will never know that split
second where you have to make a decision. Don't you think that some of that perhaps could have been
generated for some of those people in the month of Ramadan, where they were developing a deeper
connection to Allah subhanaw taala. And they were already an incredible generation of people. So
imagine the state of their Eman the state of their faith, and how that plays out in the Battle of
AFIT. Five years after his little, I'm just talking about Sierra now. So we did two years, three
years and now five years after Hyjal.
		

			They come to know once again that the Mexicans are now planning a genocide in the true sense of the
word
		

			Mecca
		

			has developed the largest army in the history of the Arabs to plot on the Muslims in Medina and to
surround them from all directions and to finish them once and for all. And the Muslims did what to
protect themselves? I'm just testing you all because it's an easy question. No, they did. They built
a trench. They literally built 100 Duck, a trench around, and Madina Munawwara to protect themselves
from this genocide. Right now, the actual siege of Medina started five days after eat.
		

			But the construction, the building of the trench, where everyone basically has to get and this was a
tactic that was taken from the Persian Salaam and Pharisee said man will the Allahu Anhu of the
Persian convert, says when the Romans used to attack us, we would build the trench to slow down the
Calvary. So can you imagine now in the last days of Ramadan, this is only their their fourth
Ramadan, they've already had bedded experience and now hunt up. They were in the trench digging
away, and they had to work fast, so that they could protect themselves from the onslaught of the
people of Mecca.
		

			And in those moments, you have the words Hola, hola, Aisha Illa, ancient Africa, Oh Allah, there is
no life except for the life of the hereafter love for live on side with muhajir. So forgive and have
mercy upon the unsought and the Maharaja of the people of Medina and the people of Mecca. There is a
moment here that these people were in the highest state of their Eman, the highest state of their
faith.
		

			And were connected more to the hereafter in those moments than they were connected at any other time
of the year. And the siege actually starts the Meccans actually arrived. And of course you have the
you know, those from within as well that are plotting the Meccans actually arrive on the fifth or
sixth day of show up and the siege lasted for about a month and it ended in the corridor, the fifth
year after Hijra. Now here's where it gets really interesting. Subhanallah so the only battle that
was actually fought in Ramadan was which battle
		

			better, right?
		

			The next historic moment so if you were to take, you know, the prophetic biography, and situate,
from the time of the migration of the prophets lie, some fleeing Mecca, right the Hijra where he's
literally flamed up if you were to take the the history of the Muslims in Medina, from start to
finish the second half of the Sierra, you have two momentous occasions that sort of define the start
and the finish. It is better. And it is fair to hamaca It's the opening of Mecca. Na Subhan Allah,
the opening of Mecca coming back to Mecca after the Meccans broke the Treaty of phobia
		

			and coming back victorious with the same people that have murdered your relatives at your mercy. And
the prophets Allah Allah hasten the marches into Mecca now with a much larger army. And the
expectation is that Mecca is going to be a bloodbath, because that is what they did to the Muslims.
Right? And so they're expecting the Prophet saw some to come back and to exact revenge upon them.
The Prophet sallallahu escena marches into Mecca on what day? Does anyone know
		

			the 23rd day of Ramadan?
		

			23rd day of Ramadan so better and FATF Mecca both happen in Ramadan and now you understand why the
Muslims used to call this the month of victory. The prophets like some enters in on the 23rd day of
Ramadan and the prophets lie some puts his nose to the back of his animal and he says there is no
blame upon you today I will say to you what my brother Joseph said, May Allah forgive you y'all fit
Hola Hola, como not to three Valley communium There is no blame upon you today. May Allah forgive
you and the prophets lysozyme gives amnesty to the people of Mecca. And this act of mercy and this
act of forgiveness. In the greatest triumph of the prophets lie Selim wins the hearts of 1000s of
		

			people including some of the staunchest enemies of the prophets why some who actually had many
victims much blood on their hands, who now came to the Prophet slice I'm in tears and then
repentance like economical, the Allahu anhu, who we talked about last week, right, this single act
of kindness. Now Subhanallah this moment,
		

			required something different from the Muslims require different something different from their
hearts.
		

			It required their hearts being in a particular state, not just of a man of faith, but in a state of
forgiveness, and a state of mercy. It is very hard to come back into Mecca, with the same people at
your mercy who showed your relatives no mercy and who showed you no mercy. Right for someone like
Bilawal the Allahu Anhu when he was a slave in Mecca that was being dragged through the streets.
He's looking at his
		

			former slave owners, some of them that survived and people that beat him and lashed him and starved
him in the streets of Mecca treated him like less than an animal.
		

			This moment requires your hearts to be in a state of forgiveness your hearts to be in a particular
state of mercy. And Allah subhanaw taala decreed that this would be the month in that particular
year, the eighth after hijra, in which he would give victory to the prophets license. I love the
last 10 Nights imagine the last 10 nights of Ramadan in Morocco, right entering into mecca for the
first time, once again victorious after being driven out of it, and after being humiliated the way
that they were. So this is now the seed of the prophets like Selim. So you got the second year, but
the eighth year after hijra, which is the conquest of Mecca, or the opening of Mecca, and it's
		

			called Fatah mecca for a reason, the opening of Mecca because there was no bloodshed. The prophets
like some did not harm the same people that harmed him. Instead, he set the example of Rama Tyndall
al Amin, a mercy to the world's a few years later,
		

			the year 15 after his little
		

			the most one of the most significant battles between the Muslims and the Persian Empire at the time,
takes place known as the Battle of Al qadisiya.
		

			The battle of Al qadisiya is being led by Saddam Nabi Wakasa, the Allahu anhu, the uncle of the
Prophet, slice alum, through his maternal line, a person who the prophets lie some held in great
esteem. A man who almost died in Fatima get out of sickness and the prophets lie some major out for
him supplicated for him, he survived that illness and now he is leading in the most consequential
battle between the Muslims and the Persian Empire. Of course, the Persian in the Roman Empire are in
constant battle with each other the Muslims, the Arabs are kind of situated in between there and
getting caught up between the client kingdoms and things of that sort.
		

			So I don't know it will cost actually earns the nickname bottle qadisiya about the Allahu Taala and
who some of the scholars wrote about Saudi Arabia will cast the start, if sad was only created for
the Battle of qadisiya, his life would have been worth it. Meaning if he achieved nothing else in
his life, being able to lead a battle against the mighty vicious Persian Empire at that time, the
way that he did is enough of an accomplishment for Saudi Arabia will cost will be a lot of data and
home. And I have to say subhanallah that this brought back memories
		

			of Sheikh Mohammed the city for him Allah because Sheikh Muhammad Sharif, some of you might remember
his CDs. He had a CD called in the middle of the night. And it was about the discipline of the night
habits of the believer. And he was attributing he was talking about the Battle of God the sea and
how this was one of the reasons for victory for the Muslims, because they had such discipline with
their sleep. And so they were able to outlast the Persian Empire because of their sleep habits,
because of their ability to persevere through the night because they were used to praying at night,
instead of sleeping at night.
		

			May Allah have mercy on him, I remember him talking about this. And that's actually where I took the
lessons where he sort of piqued my interest. And I started to look into some of the conversations,
but sad little the Allahu Taala and who had with the Muslims before the Battle of God, the SIA. So
this takes place. Also in the Ramadan. 15 years after hijra, just a few years after the death of the
Prophet salAllahu alayhi wasallam it's very hard to get an accurate estimate of the army. But the
estimates are anywhere from 30,000 Muslims against 200 and 1000 of the Persian Empire. It was a huge
discrepancy. The Persian Empire also had elephants, you know, in their army, where they would
		

			literally stomp their opponents and they use this tactic against the Romans. And they were they
intended to use this tactic against the Muslims as well. And on the, you know, up until the third
day of God, the CEA, there were about 6000 Shahada. So even though the Muslims would go on to win
this battle, there were many many, many losses, many casualties about 6000 shahada
		

			and then Subhan Allah on later till Hadith, the third night, sad the cost of the Allahu Taala and
home addresses the believers and he says to them, listen in the era to bear this era, Lehman
Brothers home first rule center attend watch me Roofer In the nostril Amara sub. He said, listen,
the group that's going to win this battle is the one that can stay for another hour that can commit
to it for one more hour.
		

			You know, there's a saying as hustle and bustle Hey, Melissa Shujaaz sabrosa that courage is
patience for another hour. You know, that attrition that you find the ability to stick for one more
hour, and he's telling them that I need you to outlast them. Why because what they would do is up
until the third day, I mean, I want you to think about this. This is in Ramadan. The battle would
take place
		

			from federal until Maghrib, from federal until McGraw, basically sunrise to sunset. And then right
at sunset, both armies would mutually basically just put down their arms and go back to their camps,
like it was understood that we're not going to fight at night because they were too tired. They were
too exhausted, because they would be in battle constantly for all those hours. So sad little the
Allahu Anhu said, I need you to keep going after Makoto. I need you to keep on going after Mikado
And subhanAllah on that third night, he kept on repeating and he had caught out on the Allah Tala
and whose voice was like 1000 men to keep on yelling out in the nostril Masaba. Look, victory is
		

			with patients. By the way, what is fasting called? Was there no, the Saudi was salah, Allah
literally calls fasting, the act of patience. victory comes through patients, so stay committed. And
on that night, the army of Sagol, the Allahu taala, and who continued from Fudger until fetish.
		

			You understand that in Ramadan. And that was directly and you'll find historians write about that
because of the sleep discipline that the Muslims had, because they would pray at nights, they went
from budget to budget until victory was given to them. raw stone of Persia was killed. And this
became really, you know, a historic turn of events when it came to, you know, the Muslims in the
Persian Empire. Fast forward 92 after his little
		

			this is Ramadan, once again.
		

			And this is when Islam reaches Europe. So you have at this point now, the historic battles between
Tata couldn't was yet Rahim Allah, the great commander, you know, from from North Africa. And you
have, of course, the, the the army of Roderick, right. And the historic battle of Angeles, which, of
course is today, Spain. And this is the first time that Assam will enter into Europe. Okay. And you
have this battle that takes place in Roderick, who is leading an army of 90,000. Roderick is
actually hated by his own people. And he's hated by, of course, some of the Jews that he used to
persecute as well. And so you have the Jewish community and some of those that are also from the
		

			Christian communities that are persecuted by Roderick, that are actually hoping for a Muslim victory
in that battle between the army of thought a tribunal, Ziad Rahim, Allah, and Roderick, of Spain,
and it was an army of 12,000 versus 90,000. And Allah Subhan, Allah to Allah gives them victory on
that day,
		

			against 90,000, you know, an army of 90,000 and against Roderick, and this becomes once again, in
the month of Ramadan, a moment in which you have, you know, the golden age of Angeles, which is
about 700 years then right of Islam in Spain,
		

			you know, up until, of course, the Spanish Inquisition, where now unfortunately, you see where the
remains are of Cordoba and you know, it's illegal to even make them in some of those places. And of
course, the the great repression of Muslims over there. So Islam reaches Spain, reaches Europe. In
Ramadan, it reaches India, under Muhammad Qasim a toughy in the year 92, after Hitler's so literally
one year after one year after in the month of Ramadan, it reaches under Muhammad nucleosome, a soft
coffee in Sindh. So Islam reaches sin, by the way, of course, would be in what is now Pakistan.
Pakistan is don't like to hear that Pakistan didn't exist back then. But let's just be real, right?
		

			So none of these nation states existed with these names, right. So don't take it offensively. But
you can say that it came to Pakistan, Islam came to Pakistan, in the year 92, after Hitler, and of
course, Muhammad Qasim McAfee, who by the way, was only about 17 years old. When these victories
were when he was able to attain these victories,
		

			you know, is able to attain victory in sin, and then also in Punjab
		

			being his last victory. So that also happens in Ramadan. So between the year 92 and 93, I'm sorry,
92 and 93. Islam reaches Europe and Ramadan, and then it reaches the area of India. And Ramadan. Of
course, before then, as we know, most of those Islam did not force people to convert, right. And so
Islam reached, of course, multiple places in the world through trade through merchants, the largest
Muslim country in the world is what you all should know this, Indonesia, right. And there was never
a conquest of Indonesia and Iraq. Though the Persian Empire was defeated. The Muslims did not force
the people to convert to Islam, and so they were able to practice their religion and Islam remained
		

			actually the minority religion there. But we're talking about again, Ramadan as a month of great
victories. And of course, we come to a victory that is especially relevant to our day.
		

			today
		

			and that is on the 27th night of the year 584 After higit on Ramadan, the 27th night, Salah Deena
you will be Rahim Allah, the great commander who is even revered by non Muslim sources for the way
he responded to the brutality of the Crusaders chivalry and his allowing for safe passage of the
Crusaders who wants to enter into Jerusalem in the same spirit that the Prophet Muhammad salallahu
alayhi wasalam entered into Mecca, he wants to come back and he wants to set a tone
		

			and the Battle of how clean the famous battle of Halloween takes place on the 27th nights of
Ramadan.
		

			Subhan Allah that night, and so often Dean was able to beat the Crusaders back out of Syria, and
many places that were surrounding Palestine before but that night in particular Hedlin, which is
about Northern, you know, it's about eight miles north. So we're talking about Northern Philistine
at this point. Salahuddin does something very famous. He goes and he checks on the tents of his
troops the night before. And what did he want to make sure it was happening before he initiated a
battle against the Crusaders which would lead the way to opening Jerusalem once again after almost a
century of no event, Mazel Opsahl was destroyed. Fact any Christian denomination, right, all the
		

			Eastern Christian denominations, they were burned in their churches. The Jews were massacred.
Muslims were massacred. So Dean is going to engage now in the most important battle when it comes to
retaking Jerusalem. What does he do the night before
		

			he goes through his tents. And he makes sure that they're all up in there praying at nights. It says
Now we're ready.
		

			Right. So to him to understand the mind of Salahuddin the heart of Salahuddin where he believes
victory comes from to Salahuddin walking around and seeing everyone up and praying at night on the
27th night of Ramadan. Now we're going to win no matter what and indeed, Salahuddin would win that
night. And this would open after the Battle of hit clean the doors to Jerusalem. And when Salahuddin
enters into Jerusalem, also in Ramadan is upon allah sallallahu Adeem says, I'm going to say to you
because the Crusaders were expecting once again, that the women would be treated the way that the
Muslim women were treated, that there would be great brutality, great revenge, that there would be,
		

			you know, just a display of, you know, beheadings that would take place by Salahuddin, the safe
passage would not be granted, he enters in and he says, I'm going to say the same words, that the
Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him said when he entered into Mecca, and he quoted, of
course, use of it his Salam, the Prophet Joseph, latter three, but aluminium, there is no blame upon
you. And he gives them safe passage, and he negotiates the release of the final, the final spans of
Jerusalem of input setting, again, a legacy, right, a legacy of what Islam actually looks like. And
this was the 27th night of Ramadan. By the way, I want to say that some scholars say that when we
		

			talk about the coinciding of dates, that because of the power of that forgiveness, that moment of
victory from Selaginella up, that it may be that even used to find Islam, that Joseph when he met
his brothers that that took place in Ramadan as well. Because the heart being in that state of
forgiveness, in that moment of triumph over those that oppressed you requires a very special type of
mercy to be dissenting and to be emanating from the heart. And so some of the scars of Tafseer say
that it may be that use of it his salaam, saw his brothers in what would coincide to Ramadan the
same way that Musa Islam was called up to Allah and what would coincide with the first 10 days of
		

			the hija you go on. We're now in the year 1260. Gregorian 658 After hijra, it is once again the 27th
night of Ramadan. Once again the 27th night of Ramadan.
		

			The greatest destruction that was visited upon the Muslim world was actually not at the hands of the
Crusaders. It was at the hands of who?
		

			The Mongols right, the Mongols destroyed most of the Muslim world
		

			and murdered so many that the history books cannot even agree upon how many millions were massacred
by the Mongols.
		

			They literally piled up stacks of skulls.
		

			They threw all of the books or many of the books of Islamic history and that's how you read about
books that are written that don't exist with us anymore. They took some of our classical books, some
of the greatest books in Islamic history, and they threw them all into the Euphrates. Right
		

			They're even accounts of the ink changing the color of the Euphrates, so they destroyed. You know,
one of the things that you see in Gaza when they talk about cultural genocide, there's a reason why
Israel is bombing hospitals, and they're also bombing universities, right and particularly leveling
anything where there's any type of cultural history also, by the way, Christianity is third oldest
church. But of course, Christian Zionist, don't want you to know that here in the United States that
there was a church and because it's one of the oldest churches in the world, and it was bombed as
well. They talked about cultural genocide and removing any remnants of the people. The Mongols tried
		

			to do that to the Muslim world. They tried to make sure that the world did not just forget that
Muslims existed, but gayness Khan wanted to eliminate Islam as well altogether. So we're going to
destroy the history of the Muslim world, Baghdad was considered the greatest city in the world. So
we're going to destroy about that we're going to destroy the legacy and a sham in Damascus, the
great legacy of the Muslims in Egypt, the great legacy of the Muslim spanning throughout Africa. So
the Mongols are spreading so quickly in their destruction.
		

			That many scholars of that time did not think they were actual, just normal human beings, who did
they think they were? They thought they were judging my Jewish.
		

			Many people at that time thought this must be Jewish and Jewish. Because the pace that they were
going through the Muslim world and the brutality that they were showing, was so rapid, that it felt
like it was superhuman. It felt like it must be the last day is very few people. And this is why
it's important for us to think about this, by the way. We are literally like a whole almost 1000
years later.
		

			And we're still here. And Islam has grown and Muslims have grown and Alhamdulillah we have a great
history after that as well. But if you lived in that time you thought it was over. And so they
basically wiped out the entire Muslim world until they reached to Egypt. So everywhere from Mongolia
to Egypt, as they say it was just a path of destruction. And when they get to the gates of Egypt, if
they enter into Egypt, then Palestine has gone and a jazz is gone as well. So their thought is to
also reach Mecca and Medina and to wipe out the entire holy sites of the Muslim world as well. And
if you're a Muslim that's living at that time, in that area, you know that there's nothing that's
		

			going to be spared by these people if they enter it.
		

			What happens the 27th night of Ramadan as well, the year 658 After Hijra is the battle of Angel
loot.
		

			Literally named after Goliath, which is incredible, right? Because you have the Muslims who
represent David that day against a Goliath like army. And it was a small group of the Mamelukes that
were able to achieve victory over the Mongols their first defeat on the 27th night of Ramadan, it
was an impossible defeat
		

			completely out of nowhere. And the Mongols themselves were so shocked that they started to now have
conversations amongst themselves about whether the Muslims were divinely supported. And so the
Muslims are wondering if the Mongols are a divine sign of the Day of Judgment. Yeah, Julian met
George but now that the Mamelukes when an angel loot.
		

			They're starting to talk amongst themselves about the about the divine protection and the divine
victory and support that these people must be getting. As they're fighting back. The Mongols are
beat back into their territories and then slowly, slowly, Islam conquers the Mongols in a different
way. So by the way, there's a second battle that's talked about lesson history. The second time that
the Mongols were defeated by the Muslims was also in Ramadan, in the year 702, after hijra, the
Battle of Shut up so the Muslims defeated the Mongols twice in terms of battle, both in Ramadan, and
the most consequential one was on the 27th night of Ramadan. The Muslims conquered the Mongols in a
		

			different way. How do they conquer the Mongols? What starts happening?
		

			The only time in history where the colonizer the Conqueror embraces the religion of the conquered
and the colonized. And so slowly, you start to have the Mongols themselves embrace Islam
		

			at the level of conquering, and Allah Subhana Allah causes that conquest to happen in an entirely
different way. This is just a span of 10 battles, from the start to the finish, in which Allah
subhanaw taala gave the believers a turning point in the month of Ramadan.
		

			And I want you to understand that you have to tie these things together, that when Allah Subhana
Allah Allah mentions blessings descending upon this ummah, while the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam
is amongst us and also a homeostatic fiddle while we are an ummah that are seeking forgiveness
		

			And so the adab does not descend upon us collectively when the prophets lie some is amongst us. And
when we are in a state of is the Fatah state of seeking forgiveness, and there is no time in the
entire year in which this ummah is engaged in is too far and engaged in seeking forgiveness, engaged
in prayer, engaged in reading, and engaged in charity, engaged in community engaged in all that is
good like the month of Ramadan. Therefore this is a month in which the mercy descends upon this
ummah, in which Allah subhanho wa Taala has shown us time and time again, that the most impossible
becomes possible through that sincere supplication. And so I want to leave you with this in sha
		

			Allah to Anna, which is that as this month comes upon us, and we are facing the sadness that we face
when we see what is happening with our brothers and sisters, the starvation, the slaughter, the
genocide, the sanctioning of that genocide from our own governments, and in fact complicity in it at
every single level. I want you to realize the power and the potency of your DUA, the power and the
potency of your prayer, that you actually have a role to play. And that the spiritual connection
that you hope to cultivate in this month is indeed a means for greatness coming to the entirety of
this Dean, whether it is Spain, or whether it is India or whether it is a loquats Jerusalem, may
		

			Allah subhanaw taala liberate it and may Allah subhanaw taala allow us to pray in an upside. While
it is freed from occupation, Allah I mean,
		

			this is a time for us to exhibit that type of behavior and that type of orientation towards the loss
of Hannah Montana. So we pray that this month of Ramadan that is coming upon us will be a month of
victory, will be a month of ease will be a month of mercy for all of those that are suffering all of
those that are oppressed, specially our brothers and sisters in Gaza. And may Allah subhanaw taala
allow our hearts to be open to that potential by recognizing the blessing of Tuukka the blessing of
trusting and Allah subhanaw taala in every way Allahumma Amin monoclonal ficam are Salam wa
Sonnenburg and Avena Mohammed Ryder Eddie he was such a big Marine. We will resume the first
		

			inshallah to Anna after Ramadan. I pray that Allah parents are granted some blessing from Allah
Allah. I mean, I'll take questions on a personal level and Chatelet vertical afek Masonic Council