When a Roman slave attempted to force himself upon Umm al-Ḥakīm bint al-Ḥārith, the niece of Khālid ibn al-Walīd and the wife of ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl: After the Conquest of Makkah, when ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl fled, it is reported that his newly converted…
Allah says: “He grants to whom He wills daughters, and He grants to whom He wills sons.” (Qur’an 42:49) A student of Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar, al-Biqāʿī (d. 885 AH), said: وعبر سبحانه فيهن بلفظ الهبة لأن الأوهام العادية قد تكتنف العقل فتحجبه عن تأمل محاسن…
From a Robber and a Lover of a Young Woman to a Wali ullah – The Story of Al-Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ (رحمه الله). 1. Hāfiẓ al-Mizzī mentioned it with certainty: كان الفضيل بن عياض شاطرا يقطع الطريق بين أبيورد وسرخس، وكان سبب توبته أنه عشق…
A newlywed woman who single-handedly killed seven Roman soldiers with a tent pole after they martyred her husband. Umm Ḥakīm bint al-Ḥārith (the niece of Khālid ibn al-Walīd.) 1. In Futūḥ al-Buldān by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (d. 279 AH), he recounts the…
🌿 The Lionesses of Yarmuk 🌿 At the Battle of Yarmuk, while 24,000 Muslim warriors fought fiercely against the Romans, it was the women, standing behind them, who not only fought with great intensity but rebuked those who tried to retreat. 📜 Hafiz ad-Dhahabi said:…
1. Ibn Qudama Hanbali and other great hanabila took part in the battle of Hattin and liberation of al quds with Sultan salah ud din. Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said, in his biography of the righteous shaykh Abu ‘Umar al-Maqdisi, the brother of Ibn Qudama Hanbali.…
The problems faced by the student of Ibn hajr al asqalani, Hafiz sakhawi in the payramids of Giza. Al-Sakhawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: : (ثم انحدرنا منه ودخلنا المكان الذي بأسفله، ومع كل مِنَّا الشمع المطيب .وفي الوصول إليه خطر؛…
Interesting. Common people hated Taqi ud din al Subki rahimahullah vs their love for Ibn taymiyyah rahimahullah. 1. Ibn Kathir mentioned: واجتمع طائفة من العامة وسألوه أن لا يغير عليهم خطيبهم تاج الدين عبد الرحيم ابن جلال الدين، فلم يلتفت إليهم، بل عمل على تقليد…
Ibn Taymiyya wrote to a Christian king in Cyprus who was holding Muslim prisoners. He reminded him that he asked the Mongol leaders to free the Christian prisoners. And they were all set free. 1. Ibn Taymiyah said to the king in his letter: ثم…
Shaykh al Islam Ibn taymiyyah revived Syria during the Mongol Invasion. Ibn al Imad quoted ad-Dhahabi from his book Mu’jam al Shuyukh: وأحيا به الشام، بل والإسلام، بعد أن كاد ينثلم خصوصا في كائنة التتار، وهو أكبر من أن ينبّه على سيرته مثلي، فلو حلّفت…