WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.839 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:07.389 We are a sun that never sets. 00:00:07.389 --> 00:00:10.449 Should the caller summon us, we respond. 00:00:10.449 --> 00:00:13.890 We shall restore the usurped right. 00:00:13.890 --> 00:00:16.890 We shall grant victory to the beloved Al-Aqsa. 00:00:16.890 --> 00:00:20.289 Within it is the best of creation, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:20.289 --> 00:00:23.429 It is truly an excellent place of prayer. 00:00:23.429 --> 00:00:28.320 An excellent place of prayer. 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:39.090 What are the most prominent conquests of Bayt al-Maqdis throughout history? 00:00:39.090 --> 00:00:42.289 Among the characteristics of this blessed mosque 00:00:42.289 --> 00:00:44.890 Is that it is the goal of the conquerors. 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:47.689 Within it is the station of the mujahidin. 00:00:47.689 --> 00:00:51.649 And it is the abode and place of the victorious faction. 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:54.549 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: 00:00:54.549 --> 00:00:59.579 "A group of my Ummah will continue to fight for the truth," 00:00:59.579 --> 00:01:02.579 "Prevailing over those who oppose them," 00:01:02.579 --> 00:01:07.099 "Until the last of them fights the Antichrist (al-Masih al-Dajjal)." 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:09.099 And as is well known, 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:14.959 The Dajjal will be killed at the eastern gate of Ludd in Palestine. 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:20.659 Musa, peace be upon him, after his salvation and that of his people from Pharaoh and his soldiers, 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:25.260 Had as his greatest objective and destination Bayt al-Maqdis, 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:29.959 To conquer it, liberate it, and establish monotheism within it. 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:34.760 However, his people let him down and did not respond to his command, 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:39.359 So Allah, the Almighty, punished them with forty years of wandering, 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.260 Until that failing generation passed away, 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:45.849 And a new, courageous generation emerged. 00:01:45.849 --> 00:01:49.650 After the death of Musa, peace be upon him, 00:01:49.650 --> 00:01:54.950 His young attendant, Yusha ibn Nun, peace be upon him, led the Children of Israel. 00:01:54.950 --> 00:01:58.250 He marched toward Bayt al-Maqdis to conquer it, 00:01:58.349 --> 00:02:02.750 After preparing the generation and ensuring their devotion to Allah. 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:05.849 It was among the most fortified of cities in its walls, 00:02:05.849 --> 00:02:07.750 The highest in its palaces, 00:02:07.750 --> 00:02:09.849 And the most populous. 00:02:09.849 --> 00:02:12.780 He besieged it for six months. 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:17.280 After the siege and the intensification of the battle between the army of Yusha 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:21.479 And the army of the tyrants from among the pagan giants, 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.979 The decisive battle took place on a Friday. 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:27.879 The sun neared its setting, 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.080 And if nightfall were to overtake them, 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.580 They would enter the Sabbath, 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:36.409 Whereby they would be unable to fight. 00:02:36.409 --> 00:02:39.610 Yusha, peace be upon him, looked at the sun 00:02:39.610 --> 00:02:41.409 And said to it: 00:02:41.409 --> 00:02:44.710 "You are under command, and I am under command." 00:02:44.710 --> 00:02:48.210 "O Allah, hold it back for me for a while." 00:02:48.210 --> 00:02:49.710 So it was held back. 00:02:49.710 --> 00:02:53.409 A miracle occurred that had not happened throughout history, 00:02:53.409 --> 00:02:55.009 Except for Yusha, 00:02:55.009 --> 00:02:57.909 And in that holy land, 00:02:57.909 --> 00:03:00.939 Bayt al-Maqdis was conquered. 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:04.639 Regarding this, he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.539 "The sun has not been held back for any human being," 00:03:07.539 --> 00:03:10.439 "Except for Yusha, peace be upon him." 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:14.490 Nights passed as they marched toward Bayt al-Maqdis. 00:03:14.490 --> 00:03:17.889 Bayt al-Maqdis remained in the hands of the believing faction 00:03:17.889 --> 00:03:20.490 For nearly four decades. 00:03:20.490 --> 00:03:23.689 After the death of Yusha, peace be upon him, 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:27.689 And the absence of enjoining good and forbidding evil, 00:03:27.689 --> 00:03:31.689 A deviant, affluent, and cowardly generation emerged. 00:03:31.689 --> 00:03:36.490 So Allah empowered against them those who humiliated them and usurped their land, 00:03:36.490 --> 00:03:39.090 And inflicted upon them the worst of torments. 00:03:39.090 --> 00:03:41.819 They were Jalut (Goliath) and his soldiers. 00:03:41.819 --> 00:03:46.219 The situation remained for nearly one hundred and twenty-five years, 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:49.919 Until a godly, believing group emerged, 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.919 Led by the believing, learned king, Talut (Saul). 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:58.610 Among his soldiers was Dawud, peace be upon him. 00:03:58.610 --> 00:04:01.110 Allah, the Exalted, has narrated to us 00:04:01.110 --> 00:04:04.710 This story in His Noble Book. 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:06.639 The Almighty said: 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:14.539 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:04:14.539 --> 00:04:21.639 "After Musa," 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:31.639 "When they said to a prophet of theirs, 'Appoint for us a king...'" 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:36.139 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:38.139 "He said, 'Would you perhaps refrain...'" 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:44.639 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:52.139 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:58.139 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:01.639 "...and our children?'" 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:06.139 "But when fighting was prescribed for them..." 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:10.639 “Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses, how they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we will fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting if fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight in Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our children? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, all save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.” (2:246) 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:15.639 "And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers." 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:21.680 The filtering, sifting, and purification began in the army of Talut. 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.180 He tested them with several tests, 00:05:24.180 --> 00:05:29.680 Because only the truthful and the righteous liberate Bayt al-Maqdis, 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:32.180 The pious and the believers, 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:34.680 Regardless of the numbers. 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.129 The Almighty said: 00:05:37.129 --> 00:05:41.129 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:05:41.129 --> 00:05:47.129 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:05:47.129 --> 00:05:57.129 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:05:57.129 --> 00:06:07.050 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:07.050 --> 00:06:13.490 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:13.490 --> 00:06:18.990 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:18.990 --> 00:06:24.990 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:24.990 --> 00:06:31.990 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:31.990 --> 00:06:38.990 "Those who were certain that they would meet Allah said..." 00:06:38.990 --> 00:06:47.990 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:47.990 --> 00:06:54.490 “And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you by (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is not of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who taketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all save a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against Goliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah exclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by Allah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.” (2:249) 00:06:54.490 --> 00:06:57.990 "And Allah is with the patient." 00:06:58.970 --> 00:07:03.560 Then victory comes at the hands of the steadfast, believing group. 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.560 “And when they went into the field against Goliath and his hosts they said: Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk.” (2:250) 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:16.060 “And when they went into the field against Goliath and his hosts they said: Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk.” (2:250) 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:23.560 "...and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:30.560 “So they routed them by Allah's leave and David slew Goliath; and Allah gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of that which He willeth. And if Allah had not repelled some men by others the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah is a Lord of Kindness to (His) creatures.” (2:251) 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:38.060 “So they routed them by Allah's leave and David slew Goliath; and Allah gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of that which He willeth. And if Allah had not repelled some men by others the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah is a Lord of Kindness to (His) creatures.” (2:251) 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:44.199 "...and He teaches him from that which He wills." 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:50.199 It is said that the number of those who requested a king to fight with him in the cause of Allah 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.199 Was eighty thousand. 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:56.199 But only a small few remained of them, 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.199 As is established from Al-Bara'. 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:05.199 He said: "We, the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to say," 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:13.199 "That the number of the companions of Badr was the same as the number of the companions of Talut who crossed the river with him." 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.199 And none crossed with him except a believer. 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:19.680 Three hundred and some odd men. 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:25.680 Among the bright images and important, luminous historical stances 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:31.680 Is the great conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis during the era of Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.809 In the year fifteen of the Hijrah. 00:08:34.809 --> 00:08:38.809 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had given glad tidings of its conquest. 00:08:38.809 --> 00:08:41.809 It is mentioned that the Artaban of Iliya (Aelia), 00:08:41.809 --> 00:08:47.809 When he received the letter of Amr ibn al-As, may Allah be pleased with him, after the conquest of Gaza, 00:08:47.809 --> 00:08:50.809 And he mentioned the characteristics of the one who would conquer Bayt al-Maqdis, 00:08:50.809 --> 00:08:55.159 They applied to Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:08:55.159 --> 00:09:00.159 When Abu Ubaydah, may Allah be pleased with him, besieged Iliya, 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:05.159 Its people requested a peace treaty with Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.159 So he wrote to him, 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.159 And he traveled from Madinah to Bayt al-Maqdis 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.159 To receive its keys, 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.159 As the first city to be conquered by treaty, 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.159 And received by the Caliph himself. 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:23.159 At that time, he ruled from Sindh to Egypt, 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:29.769 And hundreds of cities, villages, and provinces had been conquered during his caliphate. 00:09:29.769 --> 00:09:33.769 Upon the arrival of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, at Bayt al-Maqdis, 00:09:33.769 --> 00:09:36.769 He encountered a muddy crossing. 00:09:36.769 --> 00:09:39.769 He dismounted from his camel and took off his sandals, 00:09:39.769 --> 00:09:44.769 Holding them in his hand, and waded through the water with his camel. 00:09:44.769 --> 00:09:47.769 Abu Ubaydah, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: 00:09:47.769 --> 00:09:52.769 "You have done a great deed today in the eyes of the people of the earth," 00:09:52.769 --> 00:09:54.769 "You have done such and such." 00:09:54.769 --> 00:09:58.799 He struck him on his chest and said: 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.799 "Would that someone other than you had said this, O Abu Ubaydah!" 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.799 "You were the most humiliated of people," 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.799 "The most insignificant and the fewest." 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:11.799 "Then Allah honored you with Islam," 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:16.799 "So whenever you seek honor in anything else, Allah will humiliate you." 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.090 It is mentioned that Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:10:20.090 --> 00:10:24.090 Ordered Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, to call the adhan, 00:10:24.090 --> 00:10:30.090 For he had ceased calling the adhan after the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:10:30.090 --> 00:10:34.159 When Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, raised the adhan, 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.159 Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, wept, 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.159 And the Companions and the army wept, 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.159 And the mosque shook with weeping, 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.159 Because it reminded them of history, 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.159 It reminded them of glory, 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:53.159 It reminded them of their Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:58.600 O Allah, liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the clutches of the usurpers, 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.600 And decree for this Ummah a matter of right guidance, 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.600 In which the sanctities are honored. 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:07.600 An excellent place of prayer. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.600 We are a sun that never sets. 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.600 Should the caller summon us, we respond. 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.600 We shall restore the right, intact. 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.600 We shall grant victory to the beloved Al-Aqsa. 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.600 Within it is the best of creation, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:26.600 It is truly an excellent place of prayer. 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.600 The landing place of the trustworthy revelation. 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:33.600 The place of mission for the messengers. 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.600 The qiblah for the Muslims. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.600 The goal of the conquerors. 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.600 Within it is the best of creation, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.600 It is truly an excellent place of prayer. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.600 It is truly an excellent place of prayer.