Ramadan: Month of Victory

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Firstly and most famously, the 17th of Ramadan 2 AH was the day of the first decisive battle between Islam and kufr(disbelief): the Battle of Badr.

 

 

On the same day (17th) of Ramadan six years later, the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa salam conquered Makkah along with 10,000 Muslim soldiers. That day, he entered the Ka’bah and personally smashed each of the 360 idols he found inside. Later that same Ramadan, he sent his Companions to destroy the other idols worshipped by the Arabs: Khalid bin al-Walid was sent to destroy al-’Uzza, ‘Amr bin al-’As to destroy Suwa’, and Sa’d bin Zayd to destroy Manat.

 

 

The next year, upon his return from the expedition to Tabuk in Ramadan, the Prophet sent a group of his Companions to demolish the Masjid ad-Dirar that was built by the hypocrites.

 

 

In Ramadan of 92 AH, Tariq bin Ziyad led an army against the Gothic King Roderick in the Battle of Guadalete. This was a battle in which the Muslims defeated an army of Goths eight times their size, initiating the Islamic conquest of Andalusia, Southern Italy, and parts of France.

 

 

In Ramadan of 584 AH marked victory for the Muslims in the Battle of Hittin, in which Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi laid waste to the army of the Crusaders, resulting in his conquest of Jerusalem.

 

 

In Ramadan of the year 658 AH, the Mongols were dealt their first decisive defeat in history at the hands of Sayf ad-Din Qutuz in the Battle of ‘Ayn Jalut, avenging the deaths of the millions and millions of Muslims killed during the rape of their lands.

 

 

'...Honor, power and glory belong to Allah, His Messenger

(Muhammad), and to the believers'

 

 

[Surah al-Munafiqeen 63:8]

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Assalamu Alaikum walaalo,

 

Jizaak Allah for this post. Just today, I was thinking about the number of excuses we come out with during the holly month. How, something as simple as typing can seem a mammoth task and then I started thinking about the Sahaabahs marching for battle. SubhanAllah, we're a different species all together. May Allah be pleased with them all.