Abu Bakr As Siddeeq (May Allah be pleased with him)
~ Mountain of Truthfulness ~

Al Fatih Al Islami: The Islamic Conquest
o It was from the sincerity of the Muslim that they spread the Deen
o The did not accept the money offer (Some of the empires did offer money to the Muslim so that they will stay with their religion and never be disturbed again)
o The conquest was made not to convert people but to close the obstacle of the people from hearing the truth
o When they hear the truth, they will choose Islam

Brigade Specs
o Army was made up of volunteers
o Muslim general would get up in khutbah and call for mujaheed (fighter)
o Spoils were divided among fighters
o Commoners were constantly trained for the art of the war
o The Christians were fighting not because of their beliefs but of their connection to some Al-Mala’ (Political Leaders)
o The Muslims were fighting because of their connection to Allah (Ma Shaa’ Allah)
o The Muslim army progressively gets larger and larger
1. Roles of converts to Islam
2. As soon as the conquest started
o The armies were encouraged to bring the latest technology to the battlefield
1. War horses were encourage
2. Army with horses: 2 shares (of the war spoils)
3. Army w/o horses: 1 shares (of the war spoils)
o Standards (Flags with La ilaaha illaa Allaah written on it)
1. Liwaa’ (white): Carried by the learder of the army
2. Rayaa’ (black): Carried by the armies
3.To organize themselves
4. When the flag went down, they knew the lost (the leader of their army has died)

Abu Bakr’s Implementation
o No murtad (those who apostated and repented later) dude was allowed to join the army
=> He didn’t want bad examples to be in the Muslim army
o The conquered lands were under the responsible of the leader of the Muslim army
1. The scholars would go there to teach the new Muslims about Islam
2. In modern days, those lands will be destroyed after they were conquered
3. Some areas were conquered more than once because the people rebelled

Battle Strategies
o The armies were divided into 2 groups and will meet up at Al-Hirah (in ‘Iraaq, the first conquered to be land)
o The learder of the army who reached Hirah first will lead the army of the other army
o Benefits of these strategies:
1. Competition between ameers (to work stronger for the sake of Allaah)
2. To cut up the strength of the Persians
3. Assist one another (as back up army)
4. Ease the water and food supply (it takes time to feed HUNGRY PEOPLE)
o They will not conquer are area until the Khalifa’ has given permission to it

Conquest: ‘Iraaq
o 1st group of armies : Armies lead by Khalid Al Waleed
o 2nd group of armies: Armies lead by Iyaad ibn Ghanim
o Both armies were to gather at Al Hirah
o First venue: Al Ubullah against the Persian
1. The persian armies were tied up with chain so that they would not run away (they did not have eeman to ‘connect’ their ranks)
2. Harmaz (the leader of the Persian armies) arrogantly challenged Khalid for a one-to-one fight and was defeated by the first stroke of Khalid’s sword
3. His (Harmaz) armies was panicked seeing that their leader was killed even before the battle had started
4. The Muslim won and gained huge war spoils
5. 20% of those spoils were to be distributed among the Muslim armies
o Second venue: Kadhimah against the Persian
1. The Persian armies had a retreat plan (logically, if an armies have a retreat plan they will retreat)
2. Khalid saw this and thoght that the Persian would retreat
3. 30, 000 Persian armies were killed and the rest escaped with boat
4. The Muslim armies had eeman in their hearts that it was impossible for them to escape from the Battlefield (Giving up Jannah? No way!!)
o Third venue: Walijah and Ullays
1. Muslim won the battle in Walijah
2. The battle at Ullays was among the toughest that Khalid made an oath for several times to motivate himself
3. “The river will turn red” – Khalid
o Fourth venue: Al-Hirah (The capital of ‘Iraaq)
1. It took the Muslim armies four months to reach Al Hirah
2. Al Hirah was the first one who gave the Muslims the jizyah
3. If the people chose war instead of jizyah and lose, they might get killed and lose their wealth
4. Khalid assisted Iyaad ibn Ghanim in his (Iyaad) first battle (‘Ayn Al – Tamar)
5. Iyaad sent a letter to Khalid to ask for help and Khalid’s armies were already moving to Iyaad’s place at the same time as the letter were reaching them
6. When Khalid received the letter from Iyaad, his armies were already there!
7. Khalid then surrounded the town (‘Ayn Al - Tamar) and took care the outside while Iyaad and his armies took care of the inside
8. Khalid managed to conquer ‘Iraaq in four months, SubhanAllah.
9. ‘Iraaq then became the Center of Knowledge where everyone from around the world came to learn.
10. Look what happened to ‘Iraaq now, after it has been conquered by the Kuffar?
11. Totally devastated...!!

The Battle of Yarmook, will soon begin…stay tuned!!