1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,380 Mawaddah Association presents 3 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:13,380 It happened in Ramadan 4 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:16,739 Id al-Rahman Rafah al-Pasha 5 00:00:16,739 --> 00:00:21,019 Demolition of the city of Ashkelon 6 00:00:21,019 --> 00:00:26,019 On the beginning of Ramadan in the year 587 AH 7 00:00:26,019 --> 00:00:29,019 He was a Muslim hero 8 00:00:29,019 --> 00:00:33,020 He holds a large pickaxe with both strong hands 9 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:37,020 And he will fall upon the fortresses of one of the cities of his nation 10 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:41,020 A precious pearl of his kingdom 11 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:44,340 His sons and brothers were with him 12 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:46,340 And his forces and soldiers 13 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:49,340 And large numbers of his people 14 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:55,340 Each of them had a pickaxe in his hand, which he used to attack one side of the city 15 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:58,380 As for the owner of the big pick 16 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:02,380 He is the great hero Saladin 17 00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:06,379 As for the afflicted city, it is Ashkelon 18 00:01:06,379 --> 00:01:12,540 Ashkelon at that time was not one of the remote places from which its companions had fled 19 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:17,540 They left it to the elements of nature, which demolished and ruined it 20 00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:21,540 It was not one of the small, dilapidated villages 21 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:24,540 Which is easy for souls to depart from 22 00:01:24,540 --> 00:01:28,569 And the hands must reach out to destroy it 23 00:01:28,569 --> 00:01:32,569 Rather, it was one of the largest cities in Palestine 24 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:35,569 It is located between Gaza and Beit Jibreen 25 00:01:35,569 --> 00:01:39,569 And he crouched down on the magician of the Mediterranean 26 00:01:39,569 --> 00:01:42,569 High peaks, impregnable fortresses 27 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:46,569 The giant stops you in the middle of the road between Egypt and the Levant 28 00:01:46,569 --> 00:01:51,569 The wary worms look at you on the outskirts of the sea 29 00:01:51,569 --> 00:01:55,629 Ashkelon was filled with majestic beauty 30 00:01:55,629 --> 00:01:59,629 In addition to its ruined forts, it possesses 31 00:01:59,629 --> 00:02:05,629 Its towers are clear signs of splendor and beauty 32 00:02:05,629 --> 00:02:09,629 Until historians called her the bride of the Levant 33 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:15,629 It was a title they cherished, and they did not take it off except over her and Damascus 34 00:02:15,629 --> 00:02:21,759 The demolition of Ashkelon in the hands of Saladin has a long and exciting story 35 00:02:21,759 --> 00:02:26,759 It begins from the era of the Rightly Guided Caliph Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him 36 00:02:26,759 --> 00:02:29,889 And it continues to this day 37 00:02:29,889 --> 00:02:34,889 Muslims conquered the city of Ashkelon during the reign of Al-Farouq, may God be pleased with him 38 00:02:34,889 --> 00:02:38,889 That was when he was sent to Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan 39 00:02:38,889 --> 00:02:43,889 He orders him to conquer Ashkelon and the surrounding coastal cities 40 00:02:43,889 --> 00:02:47,889 Muawiyah announced the order and conquered the fortified city 41 00:02:47,889 --> 00:02:52,889 He set up guards over it to protect it from the Roman attacks 42 00:02:52,889 --> 00:03:00,889 Then groups after groups of honorable companions and great followers flocked to Umm Ashkelon 43 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:04,889 Until it became present among the cities of science and religion 44 00:03:04,889 --> 00:03:07,889 And a habitat for preservation and modernization 45 00:03:07,889 --> 00:03:11,889 Fortified Ashkelon remained in Muslim hands 46 00:03:11,889 --> 00:03:14,889 He said five and a quarter centuries 47 00:03:14,889 --> 00:03:17,889 Take control of the road between Egypt and the Levant 48 00:03:17,889 --> 00:03:21,889 The sea outlets are blocked in the face of all aggression 49 00:03:21,889 --> 00:03:25,979 In the year five hundred and forty-eight 50 00:03:25,979 --> 00:03:30,979 The Crusader invasion swept it away, among other things, from Muslim countries 51 00:03:30,979 --> 00:03:35,979 Its fall and that of its sister Akka fell into the hands of the Franks 52 00:03:35,979 --> 00:03:40,979 An insult to the throats of Muslims and filth in the eyes of the Mujahideen 53 00:03:40,979 --> 00:03:45,979 This is because from the king of Acre and Ashkelon is the king of Jerusalem 54 00:03:45,979 --> 00:03:48,979 The road between Egypt and the Levant was cut off 55 00:03:48,979 --> 00:03:55,400 Ashkelon and Acre remained in the hands of the Crusaders for about thirty-five years 56 00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:02,400 Until God decreed for them to be conquered at the hands of the hero of Islam and Muslims, Saladin 57 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,530 The day Saladin conquered the city of Ashkelon 58 00:04:06,530 --> 00:04:08,530 Hope laughed in his chest 59 00:04:08,530 --> 00:04:13,530 And he possesses happiness that he did not possess with conquest before 60 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:18,560 There is no surprise, as Ashkelon will be close to the greatest wish 61 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,560 It is the wish to conquer Jerusalem 62 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,560 Saladin sent a message to his family in Egypt 63 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Effect of the conquest of Ashkelon 64 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:32,560 He said in it after praising God and praising Him for what He deserves 65 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,560 We went down to Ashkelon 66 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,560 It is an impregnable stronghold, a fortified fortress, and a lofty mountain 67 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,560 It has such strength that hopes for achieving something like it fall short 68 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,560 We opened it fourteen days after we landed on it 69 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,560 So the flags of monotheism were erected on its walls 70 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,560 She populated her lands with Muslims 71 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,560 The muezzins spoke loudly in all its regions 72 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,560 The intention is to head to Jerusalem 73 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,560 If God grants victory and victory, we will return to the city of Tyre 74 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,560 Peace be upon you 75 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,819 Saladin realized after the conquest of Ashkelon 76 00:05:12,819 --> 00:05:16,819 A door of goodness has been opened for him 77 00:05:16,819 --> 00:05:18,819 And he must enter it 78 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:22,819 He was repeating the words of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him 79 00:05:22,819 --> 00:05:26,819 Whoever opens a door to goodness, let him seize it 80 00:05:26,819 --> 00:05:29,819 He does not know when it will be closed without him 81 00:05:31,009 --> 00:05:34,009 At that point, he was with his scattered drunkards 82 00:05:34,009 --> 00:05:37,009 He united his scattered forces 83 00:05:37,009 --> 00:05:40,009 He gathered his elite soldiers and his best commanders 84 00:05:40,009 --> 00:05:43,009 And he aimed for the great conquest 85 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:46,199 On Sunday the fifteenth of Rajab 86 00:05:46,199 --> 00:05:50,199 Year 583 AH 87 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:55,199 Saladin descended on the Crusaders in Jerusalem like the descent of Al-Manun 88 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:57,199 On the twenty-seventh of it 89 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:01,199 The hero liberated the city from the hands of the Crusaders 90 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:05,199 The largest cross was lowered from the towering rock 91 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:10,199 After being in the hands of the Crusaders for more than ninety years 92 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:13,329 The fall of Jerusalem stirred up Europe 93 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:15,329 She got up and did not sit down 94 00:06:15,329 --> 00:06:18,329 The major incident shook the Pope's chair 95 00:06:18,329 --> 00:06:21,329 It portends woe and destruction 96 00:06:21,329 --> 00:06:23,329 He calls for holy jihad 97 00:06:23,329 --> 00:06:26,329 The men rushed from every direction 98 00:06:26,329 --> 00:06:29,329 Money flowed from every pocket 99 00:06:29,329 --> 00:06:32,329 Weapons rained down from every direction 100 00:06:32,329 --> 00:06:34,389 It was the road to Jerusalem 101 00:06:34,389 --> 00:06:37,389 It is Akka and Ashkelon 102 00:06:37,389 --> 00:06:42,620 The Crusaders attacked Acre in an attack unprecedented in history 103 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:47,620 The Muslims defended it with a defense unprecedented in history 104 00:06:47,620 --> 00:06:51,870 Saladin alone stood against all of Europe 105 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,870 He and his army achieved it with great effort 106 00:06:54,870 --> 00:06:56,870 The like of which they have never seen before 107 00:06:56,870 --> 00:06:59,870 He realized that he would inevitably be defeated 108 00:06:59,870 --> 00:07:03,870 If a helping hand is not extended to him from the Caliph of the Muslims 109 00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:06,870 So he sent a message from the fields of jihad 110 00:07:06,870 --> 00:07:10,870 To the gentle and reassured Caliph in Baghdad 111 00:07:10,870 --> 00:07:12,870 He said in it 112 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:14,870 It affected us and our soldiers 113 00:07:14,870 --> 00:07:17,870 Long period and heavy expense 114 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:19,870 And the infidels are supplied by the sea 115 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:22,870 The sea provides them with more boats than its waves 116 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:25,870 And more abundant soldiers than Agagah 117 00:07:25,870 --> 00:07:29,870 If Muslims kill one of them on land 118 00:07:29,870 --> 00:07:32,870 The sea sent an alpha instead 119 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:36,899 If a row of them was destroyed, they would come in twenty rows 120 00:07:36,899 --> 00:07:38,899 Then he said 121 00:07:38,899 --> 00:07:41,899 The king of the Germans has come out to us 122 00:07:41,899 --> 00:07:43,899 And the kings of crosses 123 00:07:43,899 --> 00:07:45,899 And crowds beyond the sea 124 00:07:45,899 --> 00:07:47,899 And crowds of disbelief races 125 00:07:47,899 --> 00:07:50,899 Their father forbade them from everything permissible 126 00:07:50,899 --> 00:07:53,899 And extract from their boxes everything stored 127 00:07:53,899 --> 00:07:56,899 He dressed them in mourning clothes 128 00:07:56,899 --> 00:07:58,899 He committed them to the plan of jihad 129 00:07:58,899 --> 00:08:02,899 Until they extract from our hands the tomb of Christ 130 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:05,899 And they save the Church of the Resurrection from us 131 00:08:05,899 --> 00:08:07,939 Then follow what he says 132 00:08:07,939 --> 00:08:11,939 This requires us to exhaust the resolve of men 133 00:08:11,939 --> 00:08:14,939 We are depleting our coffers 134 00:08:14,939 --> 00:08:17,939 It is obligatory for the Caliph of Muslims 135 00:08:17,939 --> 00:08:20,939 To preserve the qibla of his subjects 136 00:08:20,939 --> 00:08:22,939 And to remove their illness from them 137 00:08:22,939 --> 00:08:24,939 Then he said 138 00:08:24,939 --> 00:08:28,939 Lord, I only have myself and my brother 139 00:08:28,939 --> 00:08:31,939 And now my brother has joined you 140 00:08:31,939 --> 00:08:33,940 And these are my children 141 00:08:33,940 --> 00:08:37,940 The pages have highlighted their faces to your enemy 142 00:08:37,940 --> 00:08:41,940 And it is easy for me, out of love for you, to see the bad in them 143 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:44,970 Then the Caliph shouted, saying: 144 00:08:44,970 --> 00:08:49,970 O group of Muhammad, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 145 00:08:49,970 --> 00:08:51,970 I will succeed him in his nation 146 00:08:51,970 --> 00:08:53,970 He gave him the right to them 147 00:08:53,970 --> 00:08:55,970 And do not delay help from us 148 00:08:55,970 --> 00:09:00,970 The benefit of relief comes only before the aftermath 149 00:09:00,970 --> 00:09:04,000 Then he concluded his sad message by saying: 150 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 And after 151 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 For within us, even if time passes, it remains 152 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:14,000 We pledge to God that we will remain standing 153 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Until we are victorious or excused 154 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,000 And that no one should reach Ahmed’s descendants 155 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,350 There is not a single person left in the descendants of Banu Ayyub 156 00:09:24,350 --> 00:09:30,350 Saladin's message was not heeded by the Caliph and his men 157 00:09:30,350 --> 00:09:33,419 It did not reach any conscious minds 158 00:09:33,419 --> 00:09:36,419 The Muslims continued to fight for Acre 159 00:09:36,419 --> 00:09:39,419 Until it fell into the hands of the Crusaders 160 00:09:39,419 --> 00:09:44,419 After the swords were let down, the arms were exhausted, and the resolves were weak 161 00:09:44,419 --> 00:09:48,480 It was a great day for Muslims 162 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,480 The Crusaders didn't miss the chance 163 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,480 He directed their armies towards Ashkelon 164 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,480 And after Ashkelon, Jerusalem 165 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:02,480 Saladin found himself unable to repel the Crusaders from Ashkelon 166 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:07,700 He must make a firm decision in a critical situation 167 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:11,700 And make firm decisions in critical situations 168 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:15,700 Something that only great men can do 169 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:20,700 Omar bin Al-Khattab made a firm decision in a decisive situation 170 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,700 The day he pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr in Saqifa 171 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:26,700 So the evil was resolved and the matter was approved 172 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,700 Abu Bakr took the decisive decision in the decisive situation 173 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:34,299 When he decided to fight the obstructionist of zakat 174 00:10:34,299 --> 00:10:37,100 He protected Islam and preserved the religion 175 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:41,769 Saladin took the firm decision in the decisive situation 176 00:10:41,769 --> 00:10:43,970 He decided to demolish Ashkelon 177 00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:46,169 And remove them from existence 178 00:10:46,169 --> 00:10:50,970 So that the enemy does not take it as a fortress, residence, and departure point 179 00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:55,259 It was difficult for Saladin to make his decision 180 00:10:55,259 --> 00:10:59,059 If he was not at the level of an authorized and obeyed leader 181 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,700 It was difficult for Muslims to implement it 182 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:05,700 If they were not at the level of the leader 183 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,299 Saladin said the day he issued his decision 184 00:11:09,299 --> 00:11:12,299 I swear to God that I will lose all my children 185 00:11:12,299 --> 00:11:16,899 I love it more than demolishing a single stone from Ashkelon 186 00:11:16,899 --> 00:11:21,879 But this is in the interest of Islam and Muslims 187 00:11:21,879 --> 00:11:24,080 At the end of Shaban 188 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:29,679 Saladin sent his army to hinder the Crusaders' advance towards Ashkelon 189 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,879 And at the beginning of Ramadan 190 00:11:31,879 --> 00:11:36,480 He raised his shovels to demolish the large, ancient city 191 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,340 With him were large crowds of Muslims 192 00:11:40,340 --> 00:11:42,740 Then time ran its course 193 00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:47,139 The Muslim swords pushed the remnants of the Crusaders into the sea 194 00:11:47,139 --> 00:11:51,139 Saladin's sons rebuilt Ashkelon 195 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:54,340 And they inhabited it with their children and descendants 196 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:59,340 It remained in the hands of Muslims until the Jews took it from them 197 00:11:59,340 --> 00:12:02,539 They called it Ashdod 198 00:12:02,539 --> 00:12:06,139 The city is afflicted by its new invaders 199 00:12:06,139 --> 00:12:10,940 Today you are waiting for the liberating leader and the savior hero 200 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:14,940 Congratulations to the one who will be saved