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`Abdur-Rahman Al-Ghafiqi
`Abdur-Rahman
Al-Ghafiqi, the hero of the Court of Martyrs. He spent two years
preparing for fighting against the non-Muslims in European
countries. He started such preparations by reforming the interior
affairs in Muslim community, so that he could make people unite,
Arabs and non-Arabs, Muslims and Copts, under one banner to conquer
the enemies of Islam.
He
entered the south of France with 100,000 warriors and could conquer
them. Hence the European leaders felt threatened by him. So, they
gathered under leadership of Sharl Martel with all available
forces; but this didn’t stop the Muslim army from conquering the
cities of Tours and Poitiers. Then the two opposing armies engaged
in fierce battle for seven days, and in the eighth day Muslims had
the upper hand over their enemy, and they were about to win the
battle when a group of the enemy invaded Muslims’ camp of
booties. Hence, in chasing them Muslim army scattered.
In
an attempt to unify his army, the great leader, `Abdur-Rahman
Al-Ghafiqi was thrown with an arrow that killed him. On losing
their leader, chaos prevailed in the Muslim army, and they
retreated, leaving the arena for Sharl Martel and his forces. That
incident reminds us of what happened during the battle of Uhud,
when Muslims left the battle for the booty. This reflects the weak
points in human nature.
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