H-Net* BAGAIMANA ISLAM MEMASUKI BUMI SAMARKAND (UZBEKISTAN)

[Asiah Abdullah]

 

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:40:17 +0300
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From: aaa<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NOBILITY OF ISLAM: ENTRY INTO SAMARKAND!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu

Something about Islam's entry into Uzbekistan

"Is There a Parallel in Any Civilization?"

When 'Umar ibn 'Abdul 'Azeez came to the office of Caliphate, a delegation
of men (i.e. Kuffaar) from Samarqand saw him and represented that the
general of the Islaamic armies, Qutaibah, had unjustifiably stationed his
army men in the town in their midst. 'Umar ibn 'Abdul 'Azeez wrote to the
governor of Samarqand that he should appoint a tribunal to judge and settle
the dispute between Qutaibah and the people of Samarqand; If the judgement
of the tribunal goes against the army chief and his men are asked to vacate,
they must do so at once.
The governor appointed Jami' ibn Hadhir Albaji as judge for the inquiry.
After the inquiry was over, he - though himself a Muslim - passed the
judgement that the Muslim army must vacate the town. He also remarked that
the commander of the Muslim forces ought to have served an ultimatum of war
to the city, and according to the Islaamic Law relating to war, he ought to
have cancelled all the treaties with them so that the people of Samarqand
could get time to prepare for the war.

"Sudden attack on them without warning was unlawful."

When the people of Samarqand witnessed the state of affairs, they were
convinced that this was an unparalleled case in the history of mankind… the
State keeping its Commander-in-Chief and the armies under such strict
discipline and control, bound by lofty moral principles. And consequently
they decided that fighting against such a people would be futile. Rather,
they came to regard! ! it as a mercy and a blessing from God. Therefore they
agreed to live with the Islaamic army in Samarqand.

Just imagine. An army conquers a city and enters it. The inhabitants of that
city complain to the victorious government and the judges of that government
decide the case against the victorious army, and order the deportation,
saying that they could not live there without the consent of the people of
that city.

Can either the ancient or modern history of mankind point out any war in
which the fighting men kept themselves so strictly bound by the moral code,
and followed such lofty principles of truth and justice, as demonstrated by
the sons of our civilization?...

["Glittering Aspects of the Islamic Civilization",Mustafaas-Siba'I]

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