Day 4
Part 10 of

Conquest: Nahavand

- AnNu'man ibn Al-Muqqarin was the leader
- Advice: Don't lead the Muslims into a sloppy death. Prepare.
- Make sure there aren't any leaks in the strategy
- During these battle Abu Obaidah and Khalid ibn Walid moved on from AsSham to North Africa i.e Egypt

Conquest: Dimishiq & Bait al-Maqdis (Jeureslam)

-Abu Ubaydah leading the army.

- It was a battle against Christians.

- Umar (RA) traveled from Madinah to Jeurselam to recieve the keys of Bait al-Maqdis.

-The Romans just surrendered when the Muslims came. But on one condition, that Umar would recieve the keys to the city because of the holiness of Jerusalem it was only fitting for the khalif of them to recieve the keys.

-He brought his slave with him. But due to his humble character him and his slave would switch equally along the way on and off the camel. While they were approaching Jerusalem it was the slaves turn, the slave wanted to get off because people would think he would be the khalif but Umar refused. He went there and recieved the keys to the city. He prayed right next to a church maghrib salaah. That place is known as Masjid Umar which is still there today.

Conquest: Misr- Egypt

- The main city they were going for was Alexandria.
- The army consisted of 14000 soliders.
- Underseige for 5 months.
- Small army, big faith. Whats the delay? The delay of this conquest is for a deed that have commited- Umar (RA)

The Year of Ramadah

- 18th year of hijrah
- The land dried up and became like coal.
- Umar (RA) was an example of not caring about the dunya’s aspect.

- Umar was thought to die due to his sadness of the conditions. He wouldn’t eat anything the Ummah didn’t have access too. He sent a letter to Mu’waiyah and Abu Ubaydah to send food.

- Umar’s strategy was to to distribute food to the people instead people coming to get the food. He was offered honey, he refused it and said “ I won’t allow that honey to be of that Allah will ask on the Day of Judgement”

- One day his son was eating a watermelon during the time the Muslims were suffering from a drought. He took it away making his son cry. When he was asked about this he said “How can my son eat watermelon when the nation of Muhammad have no food?”

- The woman making food wasn’t cooking it properly so he took it form her and cooked and feed the people.

- Umar and the Muslims would make istighfaar (seek forgiveness) so that Allah will bring them rain. Once the drought came to an end he insisted all the Bedouins to go back because you couldn’t have people who don’t originally live there, stay there. Keep the flow going.

- In order for a leader to go up, they need to go down.