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@zaytun | 30 March 09 | |
Once again, Nabee Sallal Laahu Alayhe Wasallam appointed Umm Makhtoom Radheyal Laahu Anhu caretaker of Madeenah, and sent the women and children to take shelter in forts.. 3000 Muslims with Nabee Sallal Laahu Alayhe Wasallam at their head came out to encounter the idolators, with Allaah's Promise of victory deeply established in their minds.. They established themselves at the mountain of Sila3 with the trench, a barrier between them and the disbelievers..
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@zaytun | 30 March 09 | |
The pagans arrogantly advanced towards Madeenah and the Muslims.. As they approached, they caught sight of the trench and stopped in confusion.. 'A novel device, a wily ruse!' Abu Sufyaan exclaimed in amazement.. 'This trick is totally unknown to the Arabs..' Consequently, they decided to lay siege of Madeenah and began to check around the trench trying hard to find a weak spot through which they could get into Madeenah..
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@zaytun | 30 March 09 | |
To deter the enemies from approaching or bridging any gap in their defences, the Muslim archers kept them at bay.. A hail of arrows showered the pagans so that they could neither leap across the trench, nor fill it with earth.. Every morning they came out and attempted to cross the trench while the Muslims guarded every inch of the border and greeted them with arrows and stones..
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@zaytun | 30 March 09 | |
The Quraysh decided that a group of fighters led by Amr bin Abd Wudd, Ikramah bin Abu Jahl and Diraar bin Al-Khattab, should work their way through the trench.. They,in fact they managed to do that, and their hors*men captured a narrow ares between the trench and Mount Sila'.. Amr challenged the Muslims to a duel, and Ali bin Abi Taalib Radheyal Laahu Anhu was sent to check him..
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@zaytun | 30 March 09 | |
After a short but fierce engagement, Ali Radhyal Laahu Anhu killed Amr and obliged the others to evacuate in a state of panic and confusion.. They were so disconcerted that Ikramah left his lance trying to flee, and Naufal bin Abdullah fell into the trench and was put to death by the Muslims.. At the end of the skirmish, 10 pagans were killed, and 6 Muslims martyred..
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@sady | 30 March 09 | |
Assalaamualaykum!
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@zahrah | 31 March 09 | |
Wa3alykum salaam sis
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@zaytun | 1 April 09 | |
During the process of fighting, Sa3ad bin Mu3adh Radheyal Laahu Anhu was h*t by an arrow that pierced his jugular vein.. Percieving his end approaching, he invoked Allaah: 'O Allaah You know nothing is closer to my heart than striving in Your way against those people (disbelievers) who belied Your Messesnger and exiled him.. O Allah, I deeply believe that You have decreed that we should fight them
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@zaytun | 1 April 09 | |
Let me stay alive in order to strive more against them.. If it has ceased, I beg You to bleed it again so that I may die in it..'His Du3a was accepted.. He concluded the Du3aa begging Allaah not to let him die, until he had full revenge on Bany Qurayzah.. After the Battle of Uhud, the Jewish tribe, Banu Quraydah had entered into a pact with Nabee Sallal Laahu Alayhe Wasallam..
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@zaytun | 1 April 09 | |
But in the midst of the battle of the Trench, Huyay bin Akhtab, the chieftain of Banu Nadheer, met Ka3ab bin Asad, the chieftain of Banu Quraydah, and got him to renege on the agreement.. After some initial hesitation, Ka3ab broke the covenant and sided with the Quraysh and the pagans.. The stronghold of Banu Quraydah lay to the south of Madeenah, which was where the Muslims had their fortification, and where they had left their women and children..
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