What are the lessons learned from the Battle of the Trench?
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Question:
Can you tell us about what happened in the Battle of the Trench? And is it similar to what we are experiencing now?
Answer:
We spoke about it before the adhan. In the Battle of the Trench, a great trial occurred. The disbelievers gathered and besieged Madinah. It is called the Battle of the Confederates. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dug a trench around Madinah, and Salman al-Farisi suggested this to him. This trench stood between him and the enemies. They remained around it for a month, besieging Madinah. Allah revealed regarding this, saying:[Al-Ahzab 33:9] WHEN THEY CAME AT YOU FROM ABOVE YOU AND FROM BELOW YOU, AND WHEN THE EYES WERE DIZZY AND THE HEARTS REACHED THE THROATS, AND YOU WOULD SUPPOSE ABOUT ALLAH ALL SORTS OF SUPPOSITIONS. THERE THE BELIEVERS WERE TRIED AND THEY WERE SHAKEN WITH A SEVERE SHAKE. AND WHEN THE HYPOCRITES AND THOSE IN WHOSE HEARTS IS DISEASE SAY, "ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER HAVE NOT PROMISED US EXCEPT DELUSION." [Al-Ahzab: 9-12]. Thus, hypocrisy emerged and became apparent—we seek refuge in Allah. So the polytheists gathered.
It is also called the Battle of the Confederates because Quraysh gathered many confederates: Ghatafan and others, and the Ahbash and others. They gathered until the authors of biographies said that they were about ten thousand. They all intended to go to Madinah to eliminate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in their claim, and his companions. But Allah frustrated them and returned them in disgrace, and praise be to Allah. He sent down upon them soldiers whom they did not see, from the angels, and He sent down upon them a wind. Angels and a wind. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, destroyed them and returned them in disgrace, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The severity reached the Muslims, and hypocrisy emerged. The hypocrites said:[Al-Ahzab 33:12] This is the supposition of the disbelievers and the hypocrites—we ask Allah for safety.
Can you tell us about what happened in the Battle of the Trench? And is it similar to what we are experiencing now?
Answer:
We spoke about it before the adhan. In the Battle of the Trench, a great trial occurred. The disbelievers gathered and besieged Madinah. It is called the Battle of the Confederates. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dug a trench around Madinah, and Salman al-Farisi suggested this to him. This trench stood between him and the enemies. They remained around it for a month, besieging Madinah. Allah revealed regarding this, saying:
O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allah, of what you do, Seeing.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَاءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا وَجُنُودًا لَمْ تَرَوْهَا وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا It is also called the Battle of the Confederates because Quraysh gathered many confederates: Ghatafan and others, and the Ahbash and others. They gathered until the authors of biographies said that they were about ten thousand. They all intended to go to Madinah to eliminate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in their claim, and his companions. But Allah frustrated them and returned them in disgrace, and praise be to Allah. He sent down upon them soldiers whom they did not see, from the angels, and He sent down upon them a wind. Angels and a wind. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, destroyed them and returned them in disgrace, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The severity reached the Muslims, and hypocrisy emerged. The hypocrites said:
Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"
مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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