The month of Ramadan is not merely a holy month for Muslims. In Islamic history, a major event that is crucial and meaningful to Muslims occurred in this month.
At least , there are important events that happened in the history of Islam , either classic or modern . Are these events ?
Historic events in the Islamic month of Ramadan .
Liberation of Makkah ( Mecca Fathul ).
What it Fathul Makkah ? Fathul events Makkah is an event in which the end of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad and Mecca seized and destroyed the idols in the vicinity. So the holy Kaaba back . The incident stems from a treaty in 628 AD Hudaibiyah It is an agreement between the Muslims and Quraysh . This agreement occurs when a group led by the Prophet Muhammad wanted to perform the Hajj in the House . However , the Quraish saw it as a threat . If the people of Medina , which is actually a rival of Quraish came to Makkah , then the response of the people later ? For this reason, the nobles of Quraysh with all efforts together a strategy , which binds the Muslims in an agreement that can not freely visit Mecca . And it came to pass Hudaibiyah agreement . Quraish 's fears appear reasonable , because after the Prophet and several hundred companions migrated from Makkah towards Yathrib ( Medina ) , between the Muslims and the Quraish almost always be wars are inevitable . In a siege for 20 days by 10 thousand Quraish against Medina in 627 AD , Prophet Muhammad and 3,000 Muslims managed to retain Medina .Fill Hudaibiyah agreement include:
First , a truce for ten years.
Secondly , Muslims entered Makkah justified in the following year , staying there for three days with just carrying a weapon .Third , working together in a case that led to goodness .
Fourth, the Quraysh who fled to Islamic parties must be returned to Makkah.
Fifth, Muslims who fled to Mecca is not returned to Medina,
sixth, the two sides should establish cooperation with other tribes but may not help in the case of war.
Finally, in 630 , exactly on the 10th of Ramadan, 8 H , Prophet Muhammad along with 10,000 troops moved from Medina to Mecca , and then controls overall Mecca without bloodshed in the slightest , and destroy the idols placed in and around the Kaaba .
Descended months Qur'an .
Allaah says in the Qur'an : " ( Some days it is specified ) Month of Ramadan , the month in which was revealed ( the beginning of ) the Qur'an as guidance for mankind and the explanations of the clues and the difference ( between the right and the vanity ) ... " ( Surah Al Baqarah : 185 )Imam Ibn Kathir explains : " Allah praised Ramadan among other months , because he had chosen among all month as the month the Quran was revealed to him that the great " . As God specializes Ramadan as a month of the revelation of the Koran , in fact has been mentioned by the hadith that the month of Ramadan is also the book of Allah revealed to the Prophets before Prophet Muhammad .
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in Musnadnya narrated : " The sheets ( shuhuf ) Prophet Ibrahim Ramadan was revealed at the beginning of the night and the Torah was revealed on the sixth of Ramadan , and the Gospel was revealed on the thirteenth day of Ramadan , the Qur'an was revealed in the twenty-fourth of Ramadan . " ( Narrated by Ahmad in Musnad , and declared hasan by Shaykh al - Albani in as- Lineage Ash - Shahihah , no. 1575)
Events of the Battle of Badr.
On Friday 2 years 2nd Ramadan H occurs first war in Islam is known Battle of Badr. Badr is the name of a place in a valley situated between Medina and Mecca Islamic Army master control strategic locations with existing water sources in the area .This war involves as many as 313 members of the Islamic Army are dealing with 1,000 soldiers armed idolaters of Makkah complete . In this war , the Muslim army won the battle with idolaters killed 70 soldiers , 70 more in captivity . The rest fled .
This war is an extraordinary when Muslim armies were less quantity , completeness and weak from the point of fasting in Ramadan won the battle of Badr . This proves Muslims fasting is not the cause of the weak and lazy otherwise be trying to achieve the pleasure of Allah . People who are struggling to achieve the pleasure of Allah surely achieve the promised victory .
" Indeed Allah has helped you in the battle of Badr , when ye are ( when it's ) weak people . Therefore fear Allah , that ye may be grateful for him " ( Surah Al - Imran : 123 )
Islam in Yemen .
Yemen is located in the southern Arabian peninsula land . Prophet Muhammad sent Ali to bring his letter to residents , especially tribal Hamdan of Yemen . Within a period of one day , all of them converted to Islam safely . Historical events that occurred in the month of Ramadan in the 10th move .Khalid bin Al Walid Raze Idols ' uzza .
After freeing the Muslims of Makkah , Prophet Muhammad cleansed by wiping out 360 sculptures around the Kaaba . Five days before the end of Ramadan , Year 9 H , the Prophet sent Khalid ibn Walid to destroy the statue al 'Uzza at Nakhla . According to the beliefs of the ignorant Arabs , al- ' Uzza is the statue of the goddess of the largest in the area . Khalid bin Walid task was to move toward Nakhla then destroy the statue al 'Uzza . After that , the worship of the statue came to an end .Submission of Taif City .
Taif city never made history when its residents expel the Prophet while preaching there . After he and the Muslims managed to liberate Makkah , the Banu Thaqif insist it would not submit to the Prophet Muhammad .Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic army then advanced to Taif and surrounded it in a long time . Eventually the Banu Thaqif came to Makkah in the month of Ramadan , Year 9 H by giving the city of Taif as a sign of surrender .
Liberation of Andalusia ( Spain ) .
Andalus is the Arabic name given to areas of Liberia that part of the peninsula was ruled by Muslims for some time starting from 711 to 1492 AD At 28 years - 92 Ramadan H , Islam commander named Tariq ibn Ziyad sent the Umayyads rule for captivating Andalus .Tariq Islam led the fleet across the sea that separates Africa and Europe . After the Islamic forces landing , Tariq burned military ships Islam so that they do not think to retreat . Tariq forces finally managed to control Andalus Andalus and rescue people who have been wronged . Islamic foothold in Andalus for eight centuries .
Zallaqah war in Portugal .
This event occurred after dawn Friday , the month of Ramadan in 459 H. At that time, there was a resurgence Murabit dynasty in North Africa . Governor of Cordova , Al Muktamin request assistance Murabit Dynasty Sultan , Yusuf bin Tasyifin to fight Alfonso VI .Army led by Alfonso VI totaling 80,000 troops were defeated . In a short time the Sultan Yusuf had mastered the whole of Spain and save Muslims . After that , Murabit dynasty in Spain stood since 1090 until 1147 AD
Islamic Army Beat the Mongol Army .
In the year 126 to 1405 AD , the Mongol conquests widen almost all continents of Asia . According to history , the conquest of their empire covering 33 million square kilometers . Mongol army general known as Genghis Khan . In the conquest mission , they killed more than a million people of the country were defeated . Conquest they reach up to Moscow and Kiev .In 1258 , the army generals leader Hulagu Khan invaded Baghdad which became the Abbasid Dynasty splendor . In the attack , many Muslims were killed and many books written by Islamic scholars thrown into the Euphrates River and Dajlah so that the water turns black as ink . At the same time 15 Ramadan 1260 H 658 AD , Islamic armies rise makes offensive reply . Islamic Army leaders and clerics Qutuz Sultan of the Mamluks, Egypt invaded Palestine after the Mongols mastered The two sides met at Ain Jalut . War ensued Ain Jalut .
In that battle , the Islamic army and captured the victory Kitbuqa Noyen , adviser to Hulagu Khan who advised him to attack Baghdad . Kitbuqa finally executed . The win was an incredible moment with the famous Mongol violence in the Muslim army eventually defeated .
Yakhliz war .
On 15 Ramadan 1294 H , Islamic armies of the Ottoman Empire led by Mukhtar Ahmad Basha with a number of Russian troops defeated 34,000 members , amounting to 740,000 . A total of 10,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the fighting . He became the pride of Muslims maintain that religion is threatened by the Tzar in the Russian government .The capture of the Bar Lev Line , Israel .
In modern history , the Yom Kippur War occurred involving Islamic armies ( Egypt and Syria ) with Israeli soldiers on 10 Ramadan 1390 H coincides with 0ktober 6 to 22 or October 24, 1973 AD Yom Kippur War , also known as the Arab - Israeli war of 1973, the October War , and the War of Ramadan .He was part of the Arab - Israeli conflict since 1948 . In June 1967, the six- day war between Israel and Egypt , Syria and Jordan . In the fighting, Israel had occupied the hills of the Golan, Syria , in the north and the peninsula of Sinai, Egypt , in the south up to the Suez canal . After that , Israel build defense in the Sinai and Golan hills . In 1971 , Israel allocates $ 500 million to build a fort and giant ground work called Bar Lev Line , named general of Israel , Haim Ber Lev .
Islamic Army captured the fort was once defeated Israel . Between the exciting events in this war is the role of an Islamic scholar Imam Mosque serves as the city of Suez , Hafiz Sheikh Salamah who led the war .
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