Hazrat Sultan Salah ud deen al-Ayyubi the Great Muslim Warrior, Ruler was a strict practitioner
of Islam.
He generously spent on the people from the money the Fatimids
had been storing up in the palace walls, won the hearts of his people, and
brought the faction-ridden country under obedience and his rule.
He took great pains to establish the Sunnah more firmly in Egypt
with the aid of the Muslim Scholars the ‘Ulamah’s.
People came to visit him from every walk of life and flocked to his court from all parts. He never disappointed the hopes of visitors nor allowed them to depart with empty hands.
The Sultan Salah ud deen Al-Ayyubi had one substantial obstacle – the disunity of the Muslims. They had immense riches and natural strength in the region and spent most of their time fighting each other rather than the real enemy.
It took Sultan Salah ud deen Al-Ayyubi many years to get the
attention of the Muslims in order to liberate Muslim lands. During that time
Muslims were barely holding out in Egypt and Syria. Yet slowly, as an example
through persuasion, teaching, time and understanding worked to unite the
Muslims. Kurds, Turks, Arabs, and Egyptians – they were all Muslims and his supporters
when he called, Lane writes.
“In spite of their
differences of race, their national jealousies he had kept them together.”
When Sultan Salah ud deen Al-Ayyubi had finally united the hearts in the core lands of Islam, virtually all the blessed lands returned to Muslim hands within five months.
By Friday 27th Rajab/2nd October 1187 C.E. the Muslims were knocking on the door of al-Aqsa Masjid.
Allaah Kareem allowed the Muslims to take the city as a
celebration on the anniversary of the Mi’raaj Un Nabi, the Prophet Ascension
into heaven.
Truly, this was a sign that this deed was pleasing to Almighty Allaah.
“It was a victory of victories',
recalls Ibn Shaddad.
A testimony of faith to a multitude of people, scholars,
noblemen, merchants and masses who were brought there by the news of Sultan Salah
ud deen Al-Ayyubi victories and success in the lands of the Mediterranean
coast.
The joyful shouts of “Allaah hu Akbar” and
“La Ilahaa Illal laah”
reached to the skies.
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