In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Book summary
Ramadan events and lessons
Opening the city of Amoria
The sixth time of Ramadan
In the year two hundred and twenty-three AH
The power of evil does not destroy or fight goodness and its people
She creates colorful colors on them whenever she gets the opportunity
She has no restraints to prevent her from her devilish whims
There is no applicable law that prevents it from the doctrine of harm and assault
Only the power of the people of truth can deter her from her transgression
And the evil of their attackers repelled them
And their ability to stop that unjust force
With the deterrent factors they have and repel the attackers
And when Muslims adhered to their religion
Related to the complexes of pride
Taking into account the reasons for strength
They had prestige in the hearts of their enemies
Prevent them from assaulting them
Their labels are shameful
When they began to abandon the religion of God
They are attached to the world
Delay the horizons of glory
The enemy did whatever he wanted to them
This is true of what the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, told about
In the hadith of Thawban, the servant of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
He said
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Nations from every horizon are about to call upon you
As the food eats on its bowl
He said
We said, O Messenger of God
Few people believed in us that day
He said
You will be many on that day
But you will be scum like the scum of a flood
You remove fear from the hearts of your enemy
And He puts weakness in your hearts
He said
We said
What is weakness?
He said
Love of life and hate of death
In times of glory, the nation was one body
If a member complains about it
The rest of his body collapsed on him
Whoever is attacked by Muslims by unbelievers
Muslims took revenge on that aggressor
And whoever cried out to them, they answered him
And whoever seeks their help, they will help him
And today
The body of the nation was divided into fragments
One part does not feel the other's pain
He does not help him in his eagerness
It does not help him in his need
How many times have we heard the calls of those seeking help?
And the voices of the tortured
How hoarse are the hangers of those who say!
And Islam
And Muslims
And brothers
But the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu'tasim Billah
And those who were with him were Muslims at that time
They were not like us today
And the conquest of Amoriah was a good reminder to them
Their chivalry and jealousy are immortalized on the brow of time
Their legacy remains passed down through generations with great pride
Conquest of Amoria and its history
Amoria
A country in the Roman lands
It was said
She was named Amoria Bint Al-Rum
Ibn Elivis bin Shem bin Noah, peace be upon him
This city is in Phrygia in Asia Minor
Founded in the Hellenistic period
It flourished in the Byzantine Empire
It became deserted after the attack of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu'tasim
Its remains are located near the village of Hisarkoy
In Afyon Province, Turkey
It was opened and entered on the sixth of Ramadan
In the year two hundred and twenty-three AH
The reason for the conquest of Amoria
This was the reason for the great conquest
The king of the Romans is Nawfal, son of Mikhail
He came out in a hundred thousand
He reached Zapatra
He killed the men in it
He insulted the offspring and women
The city was destroyed, that is, what was destroyed
He raided the people of Malatya and other Muslim fortresses
And insulting Muslim women
And the same applies to those Muslims who came under his control
And their eyes stung
And cut off their noses and ears
Ibrahim bin Mahdi says about this
O jealous God, I have suffered, so take revenge
Women are assaulted and no one commits them
Men swooped down on her murdered bodies
What is the matter with her children being slaughtered and looted?
A letter came to Al-Mu'tasim on the post office from the Roman border
It was mentioned that the Roman King touched on aspects of Islam
He extended his hand to some villages
And he captured a group of them
And he was among the group
Hashemite woman
And she shouted and protested
The position of Caliph Al-Mu'tasim regarding the event
When Al-Mu'tasim received this great speech
The greatest and most exalted
The saddest and most important thing
So prepare for it with great preparation and effectiveness
Not with words and telegrams of denunciation
Historians have mentioned
The Roman king sent a letter to Al-Mu'tasim threatening him
Al-Mu'tasim became angry
And he ordered his answer
So he wrote him the answer
Several of the books they wrote did not satisfy him
He tore up the book that contained it
He ordered that it be written on the back of a piece of it
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The answer is what you see, not what you read
And the infidels will know who is behind the house
And get ready right now
Astrologers prevented him
They told him that the omens were bad
He said to them
He feels bad for them, not us
His day went on and the soldiers pursued him
As for the woman
He answered her by saying that while he was on his bed
Here you are, here you are
He called out the alarm
He got up and mounted his animal
He hid a shawl and an iron rail containing his cloak
And gather the soldiers
The judge of Baghdad, Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq, was brought
And with him was Ibn Sahl
In three hundred and thirty cases
So I bear witness to them of the losses they have suffered
Two-thirds for his son
And a third for his loyalists
And a third for the sake of God
The course of fighting and the conquest of the city
When Al-Mu'tasim reached the gates of the city
He divided its towers among his leaders
Each one of them became towers of it
According to the number of his companions and their small number
Each commander had between two and twenty towers
And the people of Amoria get
Al-Mu'tasim camped opposite a place there to which he had been directed
Some of the Muslims who were there guided him to it
He had converted to Christianity among them and married them
When the Commander of the Faithful and Muslims saw...
He returned to Islam
He went out to the Caliph and converted to Islam
And inform him of a place in the wall
It was destroyed by the flood
A weak building was built without a foundation
The Roman king had written to the governor of Amoria
To build that place
Al-Tawani fell among them
This was a good way for Muslims to enter Amoria
Al-Mu'tasim set up catapults around Amuriya
It was the first site of its wall to be demolished
That is the place that the prisoner showed them to
So the people of the country took the initiative
They spoiled it with large, adjacent woods
So the catapult pressed on her
So they put shields over it
To return the sharpness of the stone
She didn't sing anything
The wall on that side collapsed and disintegrated
When Al-Mu'tasim saw the depth of its trench and the height of its wall
I use catapults to resist the wall
While people were on the damaged bridge
The catapult destroyed that shameful place
When what fell between the two towers
People heard a great roar
Those who did not see it thought it was
The Romans suddenly attacked the Muslims
Al-Mu'tasim sent someone to call out to the people
But that is the fall of the wall
The Muslims were very happy about this
But that was not what was demolished
Horses and men can enter if they enter
The siege is strong
The Romans appointed every tower of the wall
Amir protects him
That prince, whose side was destroyed, became weak
From the wall to resist the siege it faces
So he went to Manats, the Roman governor of Amuriya
He asked him for help
No one of the Romans refused to help him
They said: “We will not abandon what we are entrusted with preserving.”
Then Al-Mu'tasim ordered the Muslims to enter the country
From that loophole that was devoid of a fighter
So the Muslims rode towards it
So I made the Romans point to them
They cannot defend themselves
The Muslims did not pay attention to them
Then they multiplied and entered the country by force
Muslims follow it and say “Allahu Akbar.”
The Romans dispersed from their places
So the Muslims started killing them everywhere they found them
They crammed them into an enormous church of theirs
They opened it forcibly
And they killed those in it
They burned the church door
So it burned
They were burned to the ground
Then Al-Mu'tasim ordered Amuriyya
It was demolished and burned
He descended on her six months ago during the month of Ramadan
He stayed there for fifty-five days
The prisoners were dispersed to the commander
He walked towards Tarsus
Results of opening Amoria
First, there was this battle and this clear conquest
A practical response to the arrogance of the Byzantines
Thus, justice was achieved for the Muslims and their cities
As punishment for what those aggressors did to them
Those whom Abu Ishaq disciplined with what he did
A great discipline that will last forever
Secondly
A large number of Byzantine fighters were killed
And families like them
And a lot of spoils
Third
Saving that woman crying out for help from Al-Mu'tasim, as was said
Ibn Kathir said
The Muslims took unlimited and indescribable amounts of money from Amuriya
So they carried as much of it as they could carry
Al-Mu'tasim ordered that what was left of it be burned
And by burning the catapults, tanks, and war machines there
Because the Romans will not be strengthened by it to fight any of the Muslim wars
Lessons from the conquest of Amoria
Firstly
Muslims will not remain safe and proud
Except by their strength, the attack of the aggressors will be repelled from them
Secondly
The enemy only knows the language of force
Without it, only corruption on earth will be understood
Third
God may provide Muslims with reasons from within the enemy
It will be their victory over him
Fourth
If the shepherd is righteous, God will reform the people and the country through him
And religion is glorified by it
And there was goodness among Muslims
Fifth
If a prominent Muslim falls into sin or heresy
This does not mean that his great work should be forgotten
It benefited Islam and Muslims
Ramadan events and lessons