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Pictures from the lives of the Companions - Episode (92) - Yazid bin Abi Sufyan, may God be pleased with him
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Mawaddah Association is pleased
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To present to you
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Snapshots from the Lives of the Companions
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For 'Abd al-Rahman
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Ra'fat al-Basha
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May Allah have mercy on him.
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Yazid Ibn Abi Sufyan
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May Allah be pleased with him.
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They were the leaders of the world.
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For those who led, they did not falter.
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They are driven by human desire.
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Regarding these statements
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And the one who is successful.
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Letting one's garment hang down below the ankles (isbal).
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No, my pulse is not here.
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This is among the most elevated of trials.
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The young men of the Quraysh lineage.
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And the most noble of them in terms of both mother and father.
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And he was the most profound of them in his understanding of the Hajj.
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And the most perfect of them in virtue.
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Which led his people to bestow upon him the title
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He increases in goodness.
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Yazid al-Khayr was indeed among those who embodied goodness.
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Or Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
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The day the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was sent.
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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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A young man in the prime of his life.
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And he was worthy of it.
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With his sound and balanced intellect.
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And his penetrating insight.
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That they might lead him to Islam.
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And may they both guide him toward it.
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Just as he guided his sister, the Mother of the Believers.
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Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan
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However, the young man from the Quraysh
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He continued to tend to his father Abu Sufyan’s livestock.
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Ibn Harb [upheld] its sanctity.
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He did not embrace Islam until after
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That his father had embraced Islam.
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That took place during the month of Ramadan.
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From the year of the Conquest.
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The secret of the noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through Islam.
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
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When he was alluding to it in his speech.
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Among the hallmarks of true manhood and the Prophetic characteristics
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Noble character and chivalry.
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And since it was expected that this would be realized
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through his hands, much good came to Islam.
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and the Muslims
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The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, emphasized this to the utmost degree.
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and peace be upon him in his honoring of others.
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After the Battle of Hunayn
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He then gave him one hundred camels.
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And he ordered that he be given forty.
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An uqiyyah of silver.
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Bilal weighed it for him.
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The Abyssinian, and he handed it over to him.
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And when the caliphate passed to him
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To Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.
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Nothing of what he intended remained hidden from him.
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It is enjoyed by the Umayyad knight.
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Due to the strength of their resolve.
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And the sincerity of resolve.
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And soundness of intellect and depth of faith.
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He then resolved to establish
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These exceptional talents.
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In the service of Islam and the Muslims.
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However, as for Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him,
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May the pleasure of Allah be upon him.
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He used to fear for the young Qurayshi man.
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From the whims of leadership.
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And one must fear that he might fall into the arrogance of leadership.
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He summoned him and said to him
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O Yazid.
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You are a young man who remembers.
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Goodness is manifested in your actions.
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And I have intended to test you.
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So consider how you stand and how you are.
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Your guardianship.
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If you do well, I shall increase you.
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And if you have done wrong, isolate yourself.
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And upon you, Yazid, is the duty of fearing Allah.
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For he sees
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Your inner state is like that which is seen.
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From your outward appearance.
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And when you arrive at your army,
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So treat them with the best of companionship.
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And begin with them by doing good.
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He promised it to them.
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And when you admonish them, be concise.
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Speech where one part causes the other to be forgotten.
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And reform your own self.
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The people will be set right for you.
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Perform the prayers at their appointed times.
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by completing its bowing.
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And its prostration, and the state of humility within it.
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And when he arrives to you
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The messengers of your enemy.
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So He honored them.
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And minimize the duration of their stay with you.
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until they depart from your camp.
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while they are ignorant of it.
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And do not let them see you.
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Observe your own shortcomings and teach others your knowledge.
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And he prevented them from accessing the wealth of your army.
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And he forbade those before you from conversing with them.
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And be you the one who takes charge.
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to their words
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Do not let your outward conduct contradict your inner state.
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Thus, your affairs become muddled.
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Then he said to Yazid
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And when you seek counsel,
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So speak the truth.
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Consultation is a form of charity.
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Do not withhold your counsel from the one who seeks your advice.
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You are brought to ruin by your own self.
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And he would spend the night in conversation with
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Your companions
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And the veils were lifted from before you.
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And increase your vigilance.
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And scatter them throughout your army.
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And their most frequent surprises.
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In their places of worship without knowledge.
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among them through you
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So, whoever you find neglecting their post,
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So he refined his character and manners.
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And discipline him without excess.
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And He alternates the night and the day between them.
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And designate the first turn.
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Longer than the last one.
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For it is the easier of the two, due to its proximity.
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during the day
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And do not fear the punishment of one who deserves it.
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And do not enter into it.
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And do not hasten toward it.
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And do not be heedless of the people of
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your army, and thus you corrupt it.
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And do not spy upon them.
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and it will expose them.
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And do not expose the secrets of the people.
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And be content with what they manifest openly.
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And do not sit with those who engage in idle play.
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And sit with the people of the Sunnah.
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Truthfulness and loyalty.
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And the sincerity of the encounter.
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Do not show cowardice, lest the people also become cowardly.
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Then he said to him
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This
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And I advise you regarding Abu 'Ubaydah.
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May Allah grant Abu 'Ubaydah Ibn al-Jarrah goodness.
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For you have already come to know his status in Islam.
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, regarding whom he said:
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Every nation has its own distinct character.
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The trustworthy one, and the trustworthy one of this Ummah.
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The Ummah, Abu 'Ubaydah.
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Ibn al-Jarrah
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He recognized his precedence and his virtue.
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And consider Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with him.
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As for Mu'adh Ibn Jabal, I have already come to know him.
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He increases him [in status] alongside the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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Therefore, do not finalize any matter without consulting both of them.
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And they both will certainly spare no effort.
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May Allah grant you goodness.
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Yazid then said
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O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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I enjoin them both to be mindful of me.
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Just as you instructed me regarding them both.
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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I will not fail to entrust them both to you.
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Yazid then said
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May Allah have mercy upon you.
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May Allah reward you with goodness on behalf of Islam.
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And he was the truthful one, may Allah be pleased with him.
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He had resolved upon it.
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regarding the dispatching of the army
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to the Levant for the purpose of military expedition.
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The Byzantines then gathered their forces.
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Muslims from every perspective.
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And mobilizing their energies from every
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He organized the colors and divided the army.
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into four groups
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And he appointed a standard-bearer for a detachment from among them.
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For Fāris ibn Umayyah
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
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And when the army set out
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Regarding the city of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, went out.
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He bids farewell to the Muslim army.
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And their young leader.
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Then Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, began to walk.
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And Yazid is a rider.
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Yazid then said to the Truthful One (al-Siddiq), may Allah be pleased with him.
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Am I to walk while I am riding?
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"O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah,"
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and he intended to dismount for him
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from his horse, saying,
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"Either you mount,
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or I shall dismount."
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, replied,
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"I will not mount, nor shall you dismount."
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"I am seeking the reward from Allah
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for these footsteps in the path of Allah."
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Then he turned to
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Yazid and said,
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"You will enter lands
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where you will be served
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various kinds of food;
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so mention the name of Allah at the beginning,
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and praise Him at the end."
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"Beware of arrogance."
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"I am entrusting you
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with ten commandments:
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Do not kill a woman,
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nor a young child,
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nor an elderly man.
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Do not cut down a fruit-bearing tree,
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nor destroy
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any inhabited house.
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Do not slaughter a sheep or a camel
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except for food.
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Do not burn palm trees,
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nor drown them.
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Do not act treacherously, and do not be cowardly."
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When the
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Muslim armies reached Yarmouk,
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they sent word to the commander of the Roman army,
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"We wish to speak with you."
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He granted them permission,
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so Yazid
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Ibn Abi Sufyan went to him with a group
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of the prominent Companions.
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They found that he had erected
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for himself and his entourage thirty
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pavilions and thirty
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tents, all made of
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silk.
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When they reached them,
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they refused to enter them,
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saying, "We
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do not consider silk permissible."
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So he came out to us,
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yielding to their request,
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and they spoke with one another,
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but they reached no agreement.
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Then the two factions met
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on the land of Yarmouk:
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a small group armed
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with faith,
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and a large group burdened
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by disbelief and disobedience.
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Abu Sufyan approached,
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for he was a very old man,
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and he turned to his son Yazid
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and said,
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"O my son, be steadfast,
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for there is no man in
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this place among the Muslims
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who is not surrounded by the threat of death."
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"So how is it for you and those like you
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who have been entrusted with the affairs
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of the Muslims?"
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"Fear Allah, O my son,
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and honor your soul."
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"Let no one among your companions
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be more eager than you for the reward
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and for patience in battle."
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"And let no one be bolder against the enemy
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of Islam than you."
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Yazid replied,
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"If Allah wills."
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Then he charged at the Roman army,
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he and those with him, with a charge
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that drove them from their positions.
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Whenever Yazid
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felt things calming or slowing down,
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he would hear Shurahbil Ibn Hasanah
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saying, "Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives
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“Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” (9:111)
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and their wealth, in exchange for which they will have
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Paradise."
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Then he would say, "Where are those who sell
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their souls to Allah, seeking
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the pleasure of their Lord?"
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"And they will be in the presence of Allah
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in His abode."
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Whenever he heard that,
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he would become fired up and intensify his efforts,
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until Allah decreed victory for His soldiers
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in the greatest
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decisive battle known to the history
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of Islam.
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For after it, the Romans
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never again stood firm in the lands of the Levant.
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Yazid Ibn Abi Sufyan continued
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to pursue his victories
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on the fields of jihad,
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until he conquered for the Muslims
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and the surrounding areas
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of the villages of Lebanon.
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Yazid was the best of the sons
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of Abu Sufyan,
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and he was called Yazid
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al-Khayr (the Good).