What is the reason for the Arabs' victory over the Romans and the Persians in the early days of Islam?
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The Shaykh : Now the question comes to you, and I hope you don't wander off as is your custom. What is the reason that made the Arabs, who were humble, weak in material, thought, and character, and in everything else, what is the reason that turned history and turned the world map at that time, making the Arabs rule over them? Can you tell me?
The questioner : Two reasons.
The Shaykh : Good. Without debating you about what they are, just to clarify the matter, are both equal in strength, or is one stronger than the other?
The questioner : One is stronger, and one depends on the other.
The Shaykh : Listen to me for a moment. Tell me about the stronger reason, what is it?
The questioner : Faith.
The Shaykh : Good. Leave me with that, may Allah keep you safe from the second reason.
The questioner : I mean, I want to...
The Shaykh : Let me interrupt for a moment: Where did their faith come from? Did it not come from the Islam about which Allah said in the Qur'an:[Ali 'Imran 3:19], [Ali 'Imran 3:85], firm upon the word, right?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, history repeats itself, correct?
The questioner : But you have...
The Shaykh : Did I ask you?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : That is how I want you to learn. You should know how to answer and say yes, and not wander off. Does history not repeat itself?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, did I not say that the current state of Muslims is worse than the state of the Arabs? Or is it better? What do you say?
The questioner : Worse.
The Shaykh : That is how I understood you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, is there anything better than that treatment which was the Arabs' treatment and made them noble and allowed them to dominate the strong ones, and so on? Do you have a reason stronger than that reason so that the Muslims return, or do you not? Please, a word and its cover.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner: No.
The student : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar!!
The Shaykh : So, put your hand here, put your hand here, and let us be true Muslims. Let us work to understand Islam in thought, apply it in belief, and make it the reason to restore to us the honor we have lost, just as the Arabs lost their honor in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance because they were people of ignorance. They did not have Islam, so when Islam came to them, Allah honored them. All of your life, let us suppose you are 'Umar in that era. What did he say after Allah guided him? "We are a people whom Allah has honored with Islam, so whenever we seek honor in anything other than it, we will be humbled." And this is the calamity of the Islamic world today. And I return to say to you: do not deceive yourself.
The questioner : I do not deceive myself.
The Shaykh : Listen, may Allah guide you. I return to say to you: do not deceive yourself, and do not deceive those who may read your file and be convinced by your conviction that you are working to return Palestine to its people, while the Muslims are not working. Do not be arrogant and do not deceive. Whoever sets before his eyes the previous verse:[Muhammad 47:7] and works within the limits of realizing this verse to the widest possible extent, he is the one who will return Palestine to its people. And not those who do not apply this verse, but only display it in the assemblies.
The questioner : Two reasons.
The Shaykh : Good. Without debating you about what they are, just to clarify the matter, are both equal in strength, or is one stronger than the other?
The questioner : One is stronger, and one depends on the other.
The Shaykh : Listen to me for a moment. Tell me about the stronger reason, what is it?
The questioner : Faith.
The Shaykh : Good. Leave me with that, may Allah keep you safe from the second reason.
The questioner : I mean, I want to...
The Shaykh : Let me interrupt for a moment: Where did their faith come from? Did it not come from the Islam about which Allah said in the Qur'an:
Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam
إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُAnd whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, history repeats itself, correct?
The questioner : But you have...
The Shaykh : Did I ask you?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : That is how I want you to learn. You should know how to answer and say yes, and not wander off. Does history not repeat itself?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, did I not say that the current state of Muslims is worse than the state of the Arabs? Or is it better? What do you say?
The questioner : Worse.
The Shaykh : That is how I understood you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, is there anything better than that treatment which was the Arabs' treatment and made them noble and allowed them to dominate the strong ones, and so on? Do you have a reason stronger than that reason so that the Muslims return, or do you not? Please, a word and its cover.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner: No.
The student : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar!!
The Shaykh : So, put your hand here, put your hand here, and let us be true Muslims. Let us work to understand Islam in thought, apply it in belief, and make it the reason to restore to us the honor we have lost, just as the Arabs lost their honor in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance because they were people of ignorance. They did not have Islam, so when Islam came to them, Allah honored them. All of your life, let us suppose you are 'Umar in that era. What did he say after Allah guided him? "We are a people whom Allah has honored with Islam, so whenever we seek honor in anything other than it, we will be humbled." And this is the calamity of the Islamic world today. And I return to say to you: do not deceive yourself.
The questioner : I do not deceive myself.
The Shaykh : Listen, may Allah guide you. I return to say to you: do not deceive yourself, and do not deceive those who may read your file and be convinced by your conviction that you are working to return Palestine to its people, while the Muslims are not working. Do not be arrogant and do not deceive. Whoever sets before his eyes the previous verse:
if you support Allah, He will support you
إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ
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