Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 195
sa. The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa. It was the first Muslim army sent to fight the Christians. When the. Muslims reached the Syrian border, they heard that the Byzantine Emperor himself had taken the field with one hundred thousand of his own soldiers and another hundred thousand recruited from the Christian tribes of. Arabia. Confronted by such large enemy numbers, half of the Muslim army wanted to stop on the way and send word to the Holy Prophet™ about the strength of the enemy force as he might be able to reinforce their numbers or wish to send fresh instructions. When the army leaders took counsel, Hadrat 'Abdullāh bin Rawāḥah" made a fiery speech: "My people, you set out from your homes to die as martyrs in the way of God, and now when martyrdom is in sight you seem to flinch. We have not fought so far because we were better equipped than the enemy in men or material. Our mainstay was our faith. If the enemy is so many times superior to us in numbers or equipment, what does it matter? One reward out of two we must have. We either win, or die as martyrs in the way of God. " га ra га га. The army heard Ḥaḍrat ibn Rawāḥah" and was much impressed. . Thus, the army marched on. As they marched, they saw the Roman army advancing towards them. So at Mu'tah the Muslims took up their positions and the battle began. Soon Hadrat Zaid, the Muslim commander, was killed and the Holy Prophet's" cousin Ḥadrat Ja'far bin Abū Ṭālib™ received the standard and the command of the army. When he saw that enemy pressure was increasing and the Muslims, because of utter physical inferiority, were not holding their own, he dismounted from his horse and cut its legs. The action meant that at least he was not going to flee; he would prefer death to flight. Hadrat Ja'far" lost his right hand, but held the standard in his left. He lost his left hand also and then held the standard between the two stumps pressed to his chest. True to his promise, he fell down fighting. Then Ḥadrat ‘Abdullah bin Rawāḥah", as the Holy. Prophet had ordered, grasped the standard and took over the command. . He also fell fighting. The order of the Holy Prophet" now was for the. Muslims to take counsel together and elect a commander. But there was no time to hold an election. The Muslims might well have yielded to the vastly superior numbers of the enemy. But Hadrat Khalid bin Walid", sa sa 195