The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 87
The commentary of al-Qa si dah 87 church, he feared that future Muslims may use that as an excuse to take over the church and convert it into a mosque and this would prove to be very painful for the Christians. He walked out of the church and offered his prayers near the stairway at which place there is a small mosque now. 9 Another beautiful fruit of the garden of Islam was Ab u ‘Ubaidah ra. He received orders from the headquarters that Muslim armies should move out from the city of H am s and other towns of Syria and move into another sector. Hadrat Ab u ‘Ubaidah ra called the leaders of that city and informed them that they would be moving out and would not be able to provide them protection, therefore the jizyah [protection tax] that was collected in that year would be returned. The Christians of the city were in tears to see this honourable treatment and expressed that they could not imagine even a Christian government treating them in this manner. They prayed and hoped that he (Ab u ‘Ubaidah ra ) would return to their city. 10 In essence, the fruits of this garden of Islam were so tasty and pleasant that they were unique and there was nothing like them. 9 Al-Khulaf a ’ur-R a shid i n, Qud u mu ‘Umar Ilash-Sh a mi, Dhikru ‘Ahdi Ahli Baitil-Muqaddas, p. 202, D a rul-Kutubil-‘Arabiyy, Beirut (2004) 10 Siyarus- S a ha bah , vol. 2, p. 171 – 172, published by Id a rah Isl a miy a t, Lahore