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Bismillah al-Hamd al-Ilaw, Salat wa sallam ala Rasulillah, wa ala aalihi, wa sahpihi, wa minu wa l-hamma bad.

Today let's do something different inshallahu ta'ala.

Let's do a little bit of history in inshallah.

This is from memory, so if I make some mistakes, then names or dates in inshallah,

then just corrected on the video, I guess, in inshallah.

I gave a khudba about Islam in India.

It's useful for us to know the origins of Islam in that land.

And when was the first time that Muslims came and what was the story and what happened?

It is mentioned in our books of history that even in the time of the Khulafat Rasulillah,

Shidoun, Umar al-Khattab and Ithman al-Radi Allahu'an,

there were skirmishes with Indian naval forces, Ithman in particular,

that Umar al-Radi Allahu'an did not want any Muslim naval force.

But there were some ships going along and perhaps some minor battles took place,

but there was no actual invasion in that time frame.

It is also mentioned that maybe in the reign of Muawiyah,

because Muawiyah Radi Allahu'an was the first one to have an actual naval force.

It is mentioned in some books that Muawiyah Radi Allahu'an might have had

a small port in what is now the Makran province, a small port,

where the ships would go and get their supplies, but not military conquest.

He just had that port as a basis.

The first invasion, as all of us Indian Pakistanis were aware,

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