Part of حدث في رمضان (اكتملت السلسلة)
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حدث في رمضان | د. عبدالرحمن رأفت الباشا | ح (8) | هدم مدينة عسقلان
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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Mawaddah Association presents
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It happened in Ramadan
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Id al-Rahman Rafah al-Pasha
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Demolition of the city of Ashkelon
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On the beginning of Ramadan in the year 587 AH
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He was a Muslim hero
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He holds a large pickaxe with both strong hands
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And he will fall upon the fortresses of one of the cities of his nation
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A precious pearl of his kingdom
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His sons and brothers were with him
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And his forces and soldiers
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And large numbers of his people
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Each of them had a pickaxe in his hand, which he used to attack one side of the city
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As for the owner of the big pick
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He is the great hero Saladin
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As for the afflicted city, it is Ashkelon
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Ashkelon at that time was not one of the remote places from which its companions had fled
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They left it to the elements of nature, which demolished and ruined it
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It was not one of the small, dilapidated villages
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Which is easy for souls to depart from
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And the hands must reach out to destroy it
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Rather, it was one of the largest cities in Palestine
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It is located between Gaza and Beit Jibreen
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And he crouched down on the magician of the Mediterranean
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High peaks, impregnable fortresses
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The giant stops you in the middle of the road between Egypt and the Levant
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The wary worms look at you on the outskirts of the sea
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Ashkelon was filled with majestic beauty
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In addition to its ruined forts, it possesses
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Its towers are clear signs of splendor and beauty
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Until historians called her the bride of the Levant
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It was a title they cherished, and they did not take it off except over her and Damascus
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The demolition of Ashkelon in the hands of Saladin has a long and exciting story
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It begins from the era of the Rightly Guided Caliph Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him
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And it continues to this day
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Muslims conquered the city of Ashkelon during the reign of Al-Farouq, may God be pleased with him
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That was when he was sent to Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan
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He orders him to conquer Ashkelon and the surrounding coastal cities
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Muawiyah announced the order and conquered the fortified city
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He set up guards over it to protect it from the Roman attacks
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Then groups after groups of honorable companions and great followers flocked to Umm Ashkelon
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Until it became present among the cities of science and religion
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And a habitat for preservation and modernization
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Fortified Ashkelon remained in Muslim hands
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He said five and a quarter centuries
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Take control of the road between Egypt and the Levant
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The sea outlets are blocked in the face of all aggression
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In the year five hundred and forty-eight
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The Crusader invasion swept it away, among other things, from Muslim countries
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Its fall and that of its sister Akka fell into the hands of the Franks
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An insult to the throats of Muslims and filth in the eyes of the Mujahideen
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This is because from the king of Acre and Ashkelon is the king of Jerusalem
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The road between Egypt and the Levant was cut off
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Ashkelon and Acre remained in the hands of the Crusaders for about thirty-five years
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Until God decreed for them to be conquered at the hands of the hero of Islam and Muslims, Saladin
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The day Saladin conquered the city of Ashkelon
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Hope laughed in his chest
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And he possesses happiness that he did not possess with conquest before
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There is no surprise, as Ashkelon will be close to the greatest wish
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It is the wish to conquer Jerusalem
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Saladin sent a message to his family in Egypt
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Effect of the conquest of Ashkelon
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He said in it after praising God and praising Him for what He deserves
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We went down to Ashkelon
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It is an impregnable stronghold, a fortified fortress, and a lofty mountain
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It has such strength that hopes for achieving something like it fall short
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We opened it fourteen days after we landed on it
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So the flags of monotheism were erected on its walls
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She populated her lands with Muslims
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The muezzins spoke loudly in all its regions
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The intention is to head to Jerusalem
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If God grants victory and victory, we will return to the city of Tyre
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Peace be upon you
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Saladin realized after the conquest of Ashkelon
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A door of goodness has been opened for him
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And he must enter it
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He was repeating the words of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him
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Whoever opens a door to goodness, let him seize it
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He does not know when it will be closed without him
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At that point, he was with his scattered drunkards
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He united his scattered forces
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He gathered his elite soldiers and his best commanders
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And he aimed for the great conquest
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On Sunday the fifteenth of Rajab
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Year 583 AH
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Saladin descended on the Crusaders in Jerusalem like the descent of Al-Manun
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On the twenty-seventh of it
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The hero liberated the city from the hands of the Crusaders
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The largest cross was lowered from the towering rock
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After being in the hands of the Crusaders for more than ninety years
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The fall of Jerusalem stirred up Europe
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She got up and did not sit down
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The major incident shook the Pope's chair
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It portends woe and destruction
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He calls for holy jihad
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The men rushed from every direction
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Money flowed from every pocket
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Weapons rained down from every direction
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It was the road to Jerusalem
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It is Akka and Ashkelon
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The Crusaders attacked Acre in an attack unprecedented in history
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The Muslims defended it with a defense unprecedented in history
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Saladin alone stood against all of Europe
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He and his army achieved it with great effort
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The like of which they have never seen before
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He realized that he would inevitably be defeated
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If a helping hand is not extended to him from the Caliph of the Muslims
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So he sent a message from the fields of jihad
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To the gentle and reassured Caliph in Baghdad
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He said in it
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It affected us and our soldiers
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Long period and heavy expense
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And the infidels are supplied by the sea
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The sea provides them with more boats than its waves
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And more abundant soldiers than Agagah
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If Muslims kill one of them on land
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The sea sent an alpha instead
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If a row of them was destroyed, they would come in twenty rows
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Then he said
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The king of the Germans has come out to us
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And the kings of crosses
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And crowds beyond the sea
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And crowds of disbelief races
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Their father forbade them from everything permissible
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And extract from their boxes everything stored
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He dressed them in mourning clothes
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He committed them to the plan of jihad
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Until they extract from our hands the tomb of Christ
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And they save the Church of the Resurrection from us
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Then follow what he says
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This requires us to exhaust the resolve of men
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We are depleting our coffers
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It is obligatory for the Caliph of Muslims
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To preserve the qibla of his subjects
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And to remove their illness from them
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Then he said
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Lord, I only have myself and my brother
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And now my brother has joined you
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And these are my children
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The pages have highlighted their faces to your enemy
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And it is easy for me, out of love for you, to see the bad in them
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Then the Caliph shouted, saying:
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O group of Muhammad, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
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I will succeed him in his nation
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He gave him the right to them
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And do not delay help from us
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The benefit of relief comes only before the aftermath
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Then he concluded his sad message by saying:
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And after
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For within us, even if time passes, it remains
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We pledge to God that we will remain standing
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Until we are victorious or excused
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And that no one should reach Ahmed’s descendants
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There is not a single person left in the descendants of Banu Ayyub
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Saladin's message was not heeded by the Caliph and his men
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It did not reach any conscious minds
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The Muslims continued to fight for Acre
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Until it fell into the hands of the Crusaders
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After the swords were let down, the arms were exhausted, and the resolves were weak
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It was a great day for Muslims
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The Crusaders didn't miss the chance
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He directed their armies towards Ashkelon
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And after Ashkelon, Jerusalem
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Saladin found himself unable to repel the Crusaders from Ashkelon
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He must make a firm decision in a critical situation
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And make firm decisions in critical situations
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Something that only great men can do
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Omar bin Al-Khattab made a firm decision in a decisive situation
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The day he pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr in Saqifa
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So the evil was resolved and the matter was approved
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Abu Bakr took the decisive decision in the decisive situation
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When he decided to fight the obstructionist of zakat
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He protected Islam and preserved the religion
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Saladin took the firm decision in the decisive situation
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He decided to demolish Ashkelon
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And remove them from existence
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So that the enemy does not take it as a fortress, residence, and departure point
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It was difficult for Saladin to make his decision
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If he was not at the level of an authorized and obeyed leader
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It was difficult for Muslims to implement it
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If they were not at the level of the leader
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Saladin said the day he issued his decision
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I swear to God that I will lose all my children
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I love it more than demolishing a single stone from Ashkelon
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But this is in the interest of Islam and Muslims
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At the end of Shaban
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Saladin sent his army to hinder the Crusaders' advance towards Ashkelon
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And at the beginning of Ramadan
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He raised his shovels to demolish the large, ancient city
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With him were large crowds of Muslims
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Then time ran its course
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The Muslim swords pushed the remnants of the Crusaders into the sea
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Saladin's sons rebuilt Ashkelon
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And they inhabited it with their children and descendants
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It remained in the hands of Muslims until the Jews took it from them
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They called it Ashdod
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The city is afflicted by its new invaders
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Today you are waiting for the liberating leader and the savior hero
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Congratulations to the one who will be saved