1 00:02:30,719 --> 00:02:34,199 "Caution: The following show contains disturbing images for young children" 2 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:32,000 I don't wish to appear before God 3 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:35,159 thinking that I am fit to be in Abu Bakr's place. 4 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,079 All praise be to God as He has stated His attributes. 5 00:04:31,439 --> 00:04:35,120 All peace and blessings be upon Muhammad, His true messenger. 6 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,879 May God bestow His mercy on Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq 7 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,760 who has discharged his trust, 8 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:48,680 counselled his nation well 9 00:04:49,759 --> 00:04:52,519 and departed with no blame being attached to him by anyone. 10 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,800 He has made it difficult for us to follow his suit. 11 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:01,560 For, whenever we competed in good things, 12 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:04,639 we found him always in the lead. 13 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,879 How could anyone emulate him? 14 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,360 To God belongs what He has taken, and to Him belongs what He gives. 15 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:22,160 Muslim people, I am only one of you. 16 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:24,639 Had it not been for the fact that I did not wish 17 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,360 to disobey the order of the Prophet's successor, 18 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:29,800 I would not have assumed my position. 19 00:05:38,439 --> 00:05:41,240 My Lord, I am hard, so please moderate my hardness, 20 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:46,319 and I am weak, so give me strength. 21 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:00,840 God is testing you by me and testing me by you. 22 00:06:02,319 --> 00:06:05,360 He has willed that I live after my two companions have gone. 23 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:13,680 I hear that people have expressed fear of my hardness. 24 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,680 They said that I was too hard on them 25 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:31,040 when the Prophet and Abu Bakr were living among us. 26 00:06:31,879 --> 00:06:34,680 They wondered how I will be when the authority is totally mine. 27 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,519 Whoever said this is correct. 28 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,040 But I was with God's Messenger as a servant. 29 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,639 He was peerless in softness and compassion. 30 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,520 He was as God said of him 31 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,400 "compassionate and merciful to the believers". 32 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,400 I was with him like a drawn sword, 33 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,079 he might use or put in its sheathe as he wished. 34 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,760 Then Abu Bakr assumed the leadership of the Muslims. 35 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:18,919 He was undeniably soft and generous. 36 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,199 I was his servant and help, mixing my hardness with his softness, 37 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:26,319 so as to be like a drawn sword 38 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:29,799 which he could use as he wished or put in its sheathe. 39 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:34,079 Now I am entrusted with your affairs. 40 00:07:35,439 --> 00:07:38,480 You should know that my hardness has been doubled, 41 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,120 but it will only be against those who are unjust and aggressive. 42 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,480 As for those who are good, religious and rightful, 43 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,839 I will be with them softer than they are with each other. 44 00:07:55,759 --> 00:07:57,879 I shall not leave anyone who is unjust to another, 45 00:07:57,959 --> 00:07:59,879 or trying to encroach on the rights of another, 46 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:04,079 until I have placed his face on the ground, so as to submit to justice. 47 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:09,639 After that, I place my own face on the ground 48 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,439 for the people who are law abiding and perpetrating no injustice. 49 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:23,160 I will outline to you certain commitments to which you can bind me. 50 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:29,879 I pledge that I shall take nothing of your dues, 51 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:35,560 from all sources God has given you except by what is right. 52 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:44,319 I also pledge to increase your dues and provisions, God willing. 53 00:08:44,799 --> 00:08:47,079 I shall attend to your vulnerable points, 54 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:50,360 and will never expose you to grave dangers. 55 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,200 If you are away with the armies, 56 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:55,319 I shall be the father of your children and dependents. 57 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,159 As far as the state treasury is concerned, my position is that of an orphan's guardian: 58 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 if I have enough of my own, I take nothing; 59 00:09:06,399 --> 00:09:09,000 and if I am poor I take only what is reasonable. 60 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,920 You, servants of God, fear God, 61 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,680 and help me with your affairs by looking after yourselves. 62 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,360 Help me against myself, 63 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,440 by enjoining me to do what is right and forbidding me what is wrong, 64 00:09:24,799 --> 00:09:29,159 and by giving me honest advice regarding your affairs. 65 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,720 O' people, listen to me and understand what I am saying. 66 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:38,480 Al-Muthanna! Rise, please. 67 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:45,919 This is your brother, Al-Muthanna Ibn Harithah Al-Shaibani 68 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,320 whose great achievements in Iraq are well known to you. 69 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,399 Muslims there are now weaker and small in number. 70 00:09:53,799 --> 00:09:57,759 They fear that the Persians will try to take back what they hold of Iraq. 71 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Before Abu Bakr died, 72 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:06,039 he urged me that before the lapse of one morning or one evening after his death, 73 00:10:06,799 --> 00:10:09,319 I must call on people to join Al-Muthanna. 74 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,800 So hasten to earn God's pleasure in this matter. 75 00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:17,559 Hasten to join this campaign of jihad. 76 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,480 How come that no one has come forward? 77 00:10:48,159 --> 00:10:53,399 Facing the Persians is the thing they dislike most, 78 00:10:54,159 --> 00:10:57,000 as they are aware of their strength. 79 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,639 Most fighters are now in Syria. 80 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,759 No matter how many of these present join Al-Muthanna, 81 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,879 they know that the number will not be sufficient 82 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,360 to achieve the desired results in fighting the Persians. 83 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,880 Although they know that Al-Muthanna has been fighting hard and achieving results, 84 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,759 they do not know him as well as they know Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed. 85 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,280 Al-Muthanna belongs to neither Al-Muhajireen nor Al-Ansar. 86 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,919 He did not have any long association with God's Messenger. 87 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,399 They fear that no one can replace Khalid in Iraq. 88 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,440 Are they not aware that it is God who brings things about? 89 00:11:32,519 --> 00:11:34,519 It is neither Ibn Al-Waleed or Ibn Al-Khattab. 90 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,680 Be patient with them, and review the matter with them again. 91 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:43,000 I think they have gone back to think carefully about what they have heard from you. 92 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,199 Do not start your term by forcing people. 93 00:11:47,279 --> 00:11:49,759 Let them come forward willingly, for God's sake. 94 00:11:53,799 --> 00:11:56,439 May God preserve you as a wise adviser, Abu Al-Hasan. 95 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:03,919 From Umar Ibn Al-Khattab to Abu Ubaidah Ibn Amir Ibn Al-Jarrah. 96 00:12:06,279 --> 00:12:09,039 I praise God almighty. 97 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:18,519 This is to inform you that Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, God's Messenger's successor, 98 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,480 has passed away. 99 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:26,240 To God we all belong and to Him we shall all return. 100 00:12:28,799 --> 00:12:34,240 God has willed that I succeed him. 101 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,839 I am appointing you in charge of the Muslim community in Syria. 102 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,160 Therefore, consider the war against the Byzantines 103 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,560 after due consultation with those who are with you. 104 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,120 Let me make clear that I am not replacing Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed 105 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,400 for any misbehaviour or treachery. 106 00:12:56,799 --> 00:12:59,479 Let him be your right hand man in whatever you determine, 107 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,560 for you cannot do without him. 108 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,279 Be sure not to expose the Muslims to grave danger. 109 00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:11,600 God is testing you by me and testing me by you. 110 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,560 Peace be to you. 111 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:23,159 Come along, Saad. 112 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:31,800 Now that God has placed me in this position, 113 00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:36,439 I would like you to know that I shall not shoulder it on my own. 114 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,440 I shall make you my partners, 115 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,320 so that you will be part of my argument in front of God. 116 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:50,159 I will say to Him: I have consulted you as I have been commanded. 117 00:13:51,159 --> 00:13:54,839 God's Messenger (peace be upon him) was with us, 118 00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:02,679 receiving divine revelations that cannot be faulted, 119 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,200 yet God commanded him to consult his companions. 120 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,360 If God has ordered His messenger, 121 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,720 supported by divine revelations as he was, to conduct consultation, 122 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:21,680 how about us when none of us has the same support as God's Messenger had? 123 00:14:23,039 --> 00:14:30,879 We are ordinary people who may be right or wrong. 124 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:39,800 When a man insists on following his own view, errs and is beset by problems, 125 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,320 he and the Muslim community will be in a weaker position. 126 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:50,680 But if the community takes a decision and later discovers that it is wrong, 127 00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:53,639 it will be easy for it to go back on it. 128 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,759 None will bear the blame for it. 129 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,320 The community and its leader will be stronger. 130 00:15:02,879 --> 00:15:06,519 Any decision taken without consultation is devoid of goodness. 131 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:12,080 An individual's decision is like a single thread that is easily cut. 132 00:15:12,799 --> 00:15:17,159 Two views are like two intertwined threads, 133 00:15:17,799 --> 00:15:22,000 while three are like a rope that is hard to undo. 134 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,679 This is how I begin my reign. 135 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:35,639 It is your right and a duty of mine and yours. 136 00:15:36,879 --> 00:15:39,799 Do not conceal the truth when you know it. 137 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,600 I begin by the issue of Al-Muthanna. 138 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,759 I have been calling on people to come forward for the last three days 139 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,000 after Abu Bakr's death, but I have no response. 140 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,519 Advise me on my next step. 141 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,639 You heard Abu Al-Hasan's view earlier. 142 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,360 The people are worried that there will not be enough of them 143 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,760 to make much difference in fighting the Persians. 144 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,680 Abu Bakr had prevented seeking the help of those Arabs who deserted Islam. 145 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:17,679 They are numerous and include some of the great Arab fighters, 146 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:21,039 such as Tulaihah Al-Asadi and Amr Ibn Ma'dikarib. 147 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,879 Yet they have clearly repented 148 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,680 and are eager to be included in the Muslim community and its armies. 149 00:16:27,159 --> 00:16:30,319 If people here know that they will provide numbers, 150 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:32,720 they may be encouraged and will give you a better response. 151 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:37,359 Indeed. God has willed that this religion starts with the Arabs. 152 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:41,039 It will not be fulfilled unless the Arabs are united. 153 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,039 It is time that those who were among the apostates 154 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,159 and have repented should be included among the Muslim community, 155 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,200 so that the Arabs will be like one man in delivering God's message 156 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,640 and in destroying the tyranny of Persia and Byzantium. 157 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,559 The people are near to boredom, Abu Sulaiman, 158 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:15,159 as we have been waiting long. Perhaps Abu Bakr is eager for our news. 159 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,680 A cat's patience, Abu Abdullah; 160 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:21,119 a cat's patience and a lion's leap, God willing. 161 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,080 You perhaps know that we have sent scouts 162 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,800 to discover how the enemy will be marshalled, 163 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,160 so that our plan will take that into account. 164 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,480 The Byzantines are fighting in an order that is different from what we have known. 165 00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:34,519 Therefore, we need to marshal our troops in a new pattern. 166 00:17:34,599 --> 00:17:36,959 I have been thinking about this, 167 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,519 and we will hit on the right pattern, God willing. 168 00:17:39,599 --> 00:17:41,279 Be patient and optimistic. 169 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,600 Tomorrow will not be far away. 170 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,000 How are you this morning, Abu Sufyan? 171 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,840 I am impatient to fight the Byzantines. 172 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:57,720 I look around me in the Muslim army and in this area of Syria. 173 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,200 We used to come here with the trade of Quraysh, 174 00:18:01,279 --> 00:18:05,440 feeling hardly safe. 175 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,880 We used to give presents to their chiefs and sing their praises 176 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,480 They looked on us as rough Bedouins: 177 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,960 the most noble among us is hardly equal to their lowest. 178 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:20,359 Then when we went back to our people, 179 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,559 we boasted of our qualities, 180 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,360 with some of us extolling the praises of their tribes to the extreme. 181 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:30,760 We continued to prevent people listening to God's Messenger 182 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,559 and eventually fought against him; yet he continued to call on us to follow the truth. 183 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,120 He said: follow me so as to be one community 184 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,600 You will then inherit the kingdoms of Persia and Byzantium. 185 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,039 We said: how can we be compared to them? 186 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:48,959 Here we are today: the Byzantines are apprehensive of fighting us 187 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:51,159 while we are eager to fight them. 188 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:55,959 It is only yesterday, yet how widely apart. 189 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,400 Abu Sufyan has certainly expressed what I feel. 190 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,640 And my feelings. 191 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,920 Sometimes I feel I am in a dream. 192 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,880 Could all this have happened in a few years of my life? 193 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,240 I am now with the Muslim army in Syria, 194 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,759 and Abu Sulaiman is our commander. 195 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:25,679 Not long ago, I was with Safwan and Abu Yazeed 196 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,320 getting extremely hostile on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 197 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,720 We faced Abu Sulaiman with our arms. 198 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,680 Were it not for the grace of God, we would have been killed unbelievers on that day, 199 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:40,920 and by Khalid's sword under whose command we are fighting today. 200 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,319 This should make you more confident 201 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,320 that God will grant us victory, so that Syria will soon fall to us. 202 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,240 We know that much of what God's Messenger told us has taken place already. 203 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,399 God is certain to bring about the rest. 204 00:20:03,759 --> 00:20:07,960 Al-Muthanna, you better return to your soldiers in Iraq 205 00:20:08,039 --> 00:20:11,000 and await Abu Ubaid to come with the reinforcements he can gather. 206 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,799 As you say, Ameer Al-Mu'mineen. 207 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,319 What did you say? Ameer Al-Mu'mineen? 208 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,400 You shall stop it, or else... 209 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,319 No, by God. He shall not stop it; nor shall we. 210 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,599 We were discussing this 211 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:36,440 and it is awkward to address you as the successor to the successor to the Prophet. 212 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,960 You are our prince, or ameer, and we are the believers, or Al-Mu'mineen. 213 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,240 So, you are Ameer Al-Mu'mineen 214 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,600 Please accept what we have all agreed upon. 215 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,320 Do you know why I have brought you all here now? 216 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:08,039 Some of you may be thinking: 217 00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:14,039 our father is now Ameer Al-Mu'mineen and we are his children. 218 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,560 So, when any of us goes about his business, 219 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:21,559 people should give him priority. 220 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:27,519 I want you to know that your father used to tend his father's camels 221 00:21:28,599 --> 00:21:32,279 and that his father used to ill-treat him and beat him up. 222 00:21:35,319 --> 00:21:37,799 Your father used to collect firewood for his aunts 223 00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:42,399 and they would give him a handful of dates or raisins. 224 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,360 Our clan, Adiy, were not of any distinction in Quraysh. 225 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:54,000 They were well below other clans such as Abd Manaf, Makhzoom, Sahm and Jumah. 226 00:21:54,519 --> 00:21:59,599 God has elevated us by Islam and by submission to Him alone. 227 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,640 People look at you just as a bird looks at meat: 228 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,159 if you come to grab it, they will grab with you, 229 00:22:09,759 --> 00:22:11,640 and if you refrain, they refrain. 230 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,519 If I issue an order prohibiting something, 231 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:16,759 then you must be the first to refrain from it. 232 00:22:16,839 --> 00:22:19,799 By God, if any one of you is brought to me, 233 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,440 having done what I have ordered people to refrain from, 234 00:22:22,519 --> 00:22:25,519 I will double his punishment because of his relation to me. 235 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:29,639 I want you to say: 236 00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:33,599 we wish that our father has not assumed the rule of the Muslim community 237 00:22:34,079 --> 00:22:36,159 so that we would be like the rest of them. 238 00:22:38,799 --> 00:22:40,240 Do you understand what I have said? 239 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,159 - Yes - Yes 240 00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:46,439 It looks to be closer. 241 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,240 Nothing is worse than war except waiting for it to begin. 242 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,000 My brother, Salamah! 243 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,240 What we went through together is much more than two full brothers go through. 244 00:23:02,079 --> 00:23:04,759 We were never apart, through good times and bad ones. 245 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,279 We are like two branches of one tree. 246 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,439 Then we became brothers in Islam, 247 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,319 and we went through much together for it. 248 00:23:12,839 --> 00:23:17,079 Gone are the days when my leg was tied to yours when our people ill-treated us. 249 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:22,519 Now we are in this land, and our cousin Khalid is the commander, 250 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:24,639 and our nephew Ikrimah is a commander under him. 251 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,640 Both were among the people who ill-treated us then. 252 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,120 All praise be to God for bringing us all together here. 253 00:23:30,599 --> 00:23:33,359 I hope I will be a martyr for God's cause. 254 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:38,039 If this happens, I would like you to be the one who buries me. 255 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:42,399 I hope for the same thing. 256 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,000 If it happens and God keeps you safe, be the one to bury me. 257 00:23:47,079 --> 00:23:49,119 You also take charge of my final affairs. 258 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,799 What good is there in life after you, Salamah? 259 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:57,600 I pray to God who has made us two very close brothers in this life 260 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,440 to bring us together in heaven. 261 00:24:01,519 --> 00:24:03,240 - Amen - Amen 262 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,559 The Byzantines have positioned themselves in an open place 263 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,120 with a narrow way of escape. 264 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,319 Their only way is facing us. 265 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,480 They have placed themselves between the river and the lake to the west 266 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:17,279 where their right wing is, 267 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,240 and the valley to the east where their left wing is. 268 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:25,200 They have no way out to their left where the valley is beyond them. 269 00:24:25,279 --> 00:24:27,599 It is up to us to block it against them if we need to 270 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,320 or to leave it free to let them flee, as is more suitable to us. 271 00:24:32,319 --> 00:24:35,439 Expect the best; rarely does a besieged force achieve any good. 272 00:24:36,039 --> 00:24:39,440 True. It is the first sign of their failure, God willing. 273 00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:42,279 They did not choose this place out of ignorance of war tactics, 274 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:45,359 but out of fear that their soldiers might flee. 275 00:24:45,799 --> 00:24:48,359 Therefore, they wanted to make it difficult for them to flee 276 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,759 so that they are forced to stay and fight. 277 00:24:50,839 --> 00:24:53,240 This represents half their defeat, God willing. 278 00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:57,720 Al-Yarmuk 28, Jumada Al-Akher, 13 AH. 279 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:07,080 Muslim fighters, the Byzantines are moving towards you in their arrogance. 280 00:28:07,839 --> 00:28:10,279 This is one of the Days of God, 281 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,519 which foretells of other days to come. 282 00:28:13,079 --> 00:28:17,319 If we persevere and manage to force them on the retreat to the valley, 283 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,000 we shall continue to force their retreat 284 00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:22,000 until all the gates of the whole of Syria are open to us. 285 00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:25,919 Pledge yourselves to God that you will fight to achieve either victory or martyrdom. 286 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,840 The true promise is close to fulfilment. 287 00:28:56,519 --> 00:29:01,440 Believers! Strive for God's cause and He will help you 288 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,560 and strengthen your resolve. 289 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,880 God's promise is true. 290 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:15,000 You, Muslims, persevere; for perseverance saves you from disbelief, 291 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:20,159 earns you God's pleasure and spares you disgrace. 292 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:26,440 Do not leave your positions, nor start the fight. 293 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,359 Remain silent, except that you continue to glorify yourselves in your hearts and minds. 294 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,120 Await my orders, God willing. 295 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,920 - Peace be upon you. - Peace be upon you. 296 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,800 To God we all belong; and to Him we shall all return. 297 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,759 All power operates with God's will. 298 00:30:19,759 --> 00:30:24,160 You see our situation. Keep this to yourself. 299 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,880 Let no one hear of it other than myself. 300 00:30:45,359 --> 00:30:50,119 Muslim fighters! Lower your gaze 301 00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:53,559 Do not be intimidated by their numbers. 302 00:30:54,680 --> 00:31:01,160 If you stand firm in your attack you will see them flying in all directions. 303 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,160 Muslim women! 304 00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:47,119 If it all goes in our favour, stay where you are. 305 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:53,520 If you see any Muslim running away, stone him. 306 00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:24,200 How numerous the Byzantines are! How few the Muslims! 307 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,240 No. How few the Byzantines are! How numerous the Muslims. 308 00:32:27,319 --> 00:32:31,720 Armies are numerous in victory, small in defeat. Numbers are irrelevant. 309 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,280 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 310 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,080 God is Supreme. 311 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,400 God is Supreme. 312 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,280 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 313 00:35:04,159 --> 00:35:07,079 I fought against God's Messenger in every battle. 314 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:10,639 Would I flee today? Who pledges to fight till death? 315 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,759 - I do, my nephew. - And so do I, my nephew. 316 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,599 God is Supreme. 317 00:35:18,679 --> 00:35:20,960 God is Supreme. 318 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:55,320 Where is the dignity of Islam, the honour of mothers and wives? 319 00:36:58,199 --> 00:37:01,960 May God blacken the face of anyone who flees without protecting his wife or daughter. 320 00:37:02,039 --> 00:37:07,039 Don't retreat! Come back! 321 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,640 God is Supreme. 322 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:14,679 Come back, you cowards! 323 00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:22,440 You are not our husbands if you do not protect us. 324 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,199 Order the centre to start fighting. 325 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,960 Let Ikrimah move towards the right wing, 326 00:38:33,039 --> 00:38:36,279 while Abu Ubaidah and Al-Qa'qa' repel the Byzantine centre. 327 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,280 God is Supreme. 328 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,720 God is Supreme. 329 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,400 Be patient, servants of God; God supports those who are patient. 330 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,240 Don't let them flee! 331 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,760 God is Supreme. 332 00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:07,519 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 333 00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:11,279 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 334 00:42:14,599 --> 00:42:17,559 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 335 00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:20,639 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 336 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:24,040 - God is Supreme. - God is Supreme. 337 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,120 Khalid's instructions are that if you see the Byzantines about to flee, 338 00:42:35,199 --> 00:42:36,679 give them room to do so. 339 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,519 - Retreat! - Retreat!