74 Battle of Mutah Part 2

Yasir Qadhi

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🗓️ 29 January 2014

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi continues from where he left off in the last video which is the events that transpired after the martyrdom of the three chiefs - Zayd Ibn Harithah RA, Ibn Rawawah RA and Jafar RA. The next point of discussion is the conclusion of the result of Battle of Mu’tah. Was it a victory or a loss for the Muslims? A variety of opinions are contemplated upon and some are listed as follows: According to the position of Musa ibn Uqtah, Al Bayhaqi and Ibn Kathir, this battle was definitely a victory since the Muslims returned successfully with the least amount of causality,they got war booty and also because of the word of the Prophet ﷺ himself calling it a victory. Historians such as Al Waqidi, ibn Sa'ad etc declare the Battle of Mu’tah to be a loss because the Muslims lost three major leaders along with their flag, the Muslims had to retrace their steps backwards but nothing of the sort happened with the Romans. The position of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Abdul Baar, Ibn al Qayyim certified this battle to be neither a defeat or victory because neither side attacked the other at the end of the battle , and neither sides took any prisoners of war. Many positions of the Sunnah come to light through this battle: In the event of a death or tragedy, the relatives and friends should come to the forefront and offer assistance in any way possible. Words of encouragement and consolation ought to be given. Visiting the family of the deceased should be advocated but avoid socializing for extended periods of time.

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. S'm
0:27.1	S'mlama Rahim al-Him al-I mean, al-A-Lamin, O'Sala, to what I was Sala, to Sala,
0:27.4	what Allaha, al-Lai al-Ihi,
0:30.0	Ojabi, al-Ahi, al-Tah, and we're discussing the battle Moata, and this is our second and final discussion of the Battle of Moata.
0:38.0	And last week I had gotten to the place of Khaled bin al-Walid having been appointed and the
0:45.4	Prophet, Salah Allah al-A-I was
0:46.8	Islam explaining to the people what had happened in the battle and his reaction in Medina. Now let us go back to the battle
0:55.3	and mention what did Khadbnyil will it do and once again I reiterate that unfortunately
0:59.6	we really just have two or three explicit narrations from which we have to derive the
1:04.3	entire story. So what appears to be the case is that Khaled bin and Walid he
1:08.2	realized that there is no way to achieve actual victory and that the only real victory would be to preserve the
1:16.2	Muslim army from complete destruction from massacre. So what did he do? He has a two-pronged
1:22.0	tactic. The first tactic was that he organized the Army for a quick short-term attack.
1:29.0	And the purpose of this was to cause the Romans to stop from their onslaught. So he wanted to
1:36.8	just launch a quick attack to pause the Romans and cause them to stop in their
1:42.2	onslaught.
1:43.8	And how did he do this?
1:45.4	Again, we only have one narration, but I'm sure there were other things that he did.
1:49.4	But one of the things that is mentioned is that he strategically positioned the archers so that the archers were able to stop
1:56.2	the onslaught of the Romans from coming and Ibeniz-Hach mentions for example one small
2:02.4	incident that one of the
2:04.3	archers was an elderly man by the name of Wachid Ibdila had to Mimi and even
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