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Umar bin Abdul Aziz, surnamed "Al-Khalifat-us-Saleh" (The pious Caliph) was the son of Abdul Aziz, the Governor of Egypt, his caliphate is affectionately referred to as the Fifth and the last Rightly Guided Caliph.. He was born in Egypt and got educated in Medina under the well renowned scholar Abdullah Ibni Umar. He was appointed Governor of Medina in 706 A.D. and later on Caliph Umayyad Caliph Sulaiman Bin Abdul Malik who had great respect for Umar Bin Abdul Aziz nominated him as his successor. As a khalifah his first act after assuming office was the restoration to their rightful owners the properties confiscated by the Umayyad Caliphs. He shuned luxurious life of royalty and lived like a commoner, he preferred to stay in a small tent and left the royal palace. Listen how his short reign was like a merciful rain which brought universal blessings.
Uways al Qarni was a thabayee who lived in yemen at the time of prophet SAW and was famous for the love of prophet SAW and the best care taker of his mother. But surprisingly he never visited or saw prophet muhammed SAW in his life time. He was virtues, simple and anonymity. `Umar said: "I heard Messenger of Allah (SAW) saying, `The best one of the next generation (At-Tabi`un) is a man called Owais, he will have a mother and he will be suffering from leucoderma. Go to him and ask him to pray for forgiveness for you". [Muslim]
Muhammad Ibn Sirin (born in Basra, Iraq) was a prime imam and a great interpreter of dreams who lived in the 8th century. He was particularly renowned for his extraordinary skill in interpreting dreams as attested by the Arabs' greatest intellectuals, such as Al-Gaheth, Ibn Qutaybah and Ibn Khaldoun, who considered his work as crucial in this field. He used to weep at night and smile and rove around all day. And he fasted every other day. No one was as religious or as knowledgeable as him in his art. His family was so generous that they would not hesitate to offer to their visitor the last loaf of bread in their house.
Said ibn Al-Musayyim was one of the Fuqaha of Medina at the time of caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab. He was a student of most of the prominent sahabas such as Hazrat Ali, Umar and more. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib married the daughter of Abu Hurayrah in order to be closer to him and to learn better the Traditions that he narrated. Said ibn al-Musayyib was well-known for his piety, righteousness and profound devotion to Allah. Everyone accepted him, during his lifetime, as the greatest figure in the field of hadith. He took great efforts and suffered a lot in travelling long distances to collect hadiths. He began, as did Hasan al-Basri in Basra, to give opinions and deliver verdicts on Fiqh when he was around twenty years of age.
Sa'id bin Jubayr (665-714), also known as Abu Muhammad, was originally from Kufa, in modern-day Iraq. He was regarded as one of the leading members of the Tabi'in .He was a leading Fuqaha of his time. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Dhahabi praise him greatly in their respective treatises. He also narrated several hadith from Ibn Abbas. He spoke against the tyrant caliphs of his time and was under protest with thier authority. .
Uqba ibn Nafi is called as the "conqueror of Africa," and he was an Arab hero and general who was serving the Umayyad dynasty, Uqba with his army marched from Damascus at the head of ten thousand of the bravest muslim soldeirs and conquered the Maghreb, including present day Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco in North Africa. He is the founder of the cultural city of Kairouan in Tunisia. Listen the phenomenal conquests of Uqba's Army and achievemets with the help of Allah.
Qutayba ibn Muslim was an Arab commander of the Umayyad Caliphate army in the East. He was appointed as Governor of Khurasan at the request of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Governor of Iraq. He was an excellent administrator of Rayy, Iran. Under his command the Muslim army conquered Turkmenistan, most cities of Mawara al-Nahr like Bukhara, Samarkand and reached the doorsteps of china. Listen about the miracles and daring skills shown by the Muslim army under the commander Qutayba Muslim.
For eight centuries, the conquest of Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey, was a dream for the Muslim commanders. Ever since the era of the revered companion, Mu`aawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyaan, there had been many attempts to conquer it, but none had succeeded. Every Muslim commander wanted to be the conqueror praised in the narration in which the Prophet said: "You will conquer Constantinople. Its commander is the best and its army (that will conquer it) is the best." Who was then the person about whom the Prophet gave glad tidings? It was Muhammad Al-Faatih son of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II. At the age of just 21 years, he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
Hyder Ali was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. He was a devout Muslim and a brave warrior. He joined as a foot soldier in the army of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II and quickly distinguished himself militarily strong, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers. Rising to the post of commander-in-chief he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government, and eventually seized control of all of the reins of power.
Tipu Sultan known as the Tiger of Mysore (India) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore after the death of his father Hyder Ali. In addition to his role as ruler, he was a great warrior of Islam; he was a scholar, soldier, and poet. He was a devout Muslim but the majority of his subjects were Hindus. He had dreams of establishing an Islamic Empire; he defeated the Marathas and British in numerous battles. Listen and know how this glorious hero of Islam ruled and demonstrated the true face of Islam in India. He fought numerous battles against the Marathas, British and he was the pioneer in rocket engineering.
Nooruddin Zangi ruled the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire and he was a devoted enemy of the crusading Christians present in Syria. After his father Imamuddin's death, Nooruddin Zangi took over his mission to get back the holy city of Jerusalem from the hands of Christians. He requested all the Muslim States to unite and fight the Christians as a united force. Muslim kings however did not pay any heed to his request instead they were divided among themselves. He changed his strategy and fought other Muslim states first and capture them all making a unified Muslim state. Listen how this brave commander of a best muslim army struggles and takes over his mission to get back Jerusalem and establish justice....
Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi was an army officer in Nooruddin Zangi's army. When Nooruddin captured Egypt, his forces were led by Salahuddin Ayyubi and he was made the Governor there. After the sudden death of Nooruddin , Ayyubi replaced him as the ruler of the Islamic state. Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi was even more brave and kind than even Nooruddin. His earnest desire was only to conquer Palestine. He first conquered all the states that surrounding Palestine and then entered Bayt al Maqdis easily. The Christian army opposed him but could not check his advance. This ended the Christian rule in Al Quds, and Salahuddin entered the Al Aqsa Mosque and installed the pulpit that Nooruddin had got built for this mosque.
Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak was called as the faqih of his times. Ibn Hanbal said, "In the time of Ibn al-Mubarak, there was no one who sought after knowledge more than him". With the intention to learn Islamic uloom, Ibn al-Mubarak travelled numerous places like Yemen, Egypt, Syria, the Hijaz, Basra, Kufa, and studied under almost 4000 scholars. He has also participated in lot of battles and has shown the peaks of bravery and valor against the Romans.
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