Saladin: a Benevolent Man, Respected by both Muslims and Christians
http://www.islamic-study.org/Saladin (Salahu ad-Deen).htm
# During the battle that took place over Bait ul-Maqdis in Jerusalem, Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) sent his very own doctor, along with fruits and ice to treat Richard The Lionheart’s sickness. Talk about compassion; something like that happening right now is inconceivable from a Muslim or non-Muslim.
# Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) was of the Shafi Madhab in matters of Fiqh. He was also very keen on Ihsan, as from some sources it’s mentioned that Imam al-Ghazali’s writings were an influence on him too. This becomes somewhat clear when we learn how devout he was in his level of Zuhd, offering his prayers, as well as the fact that he set up Khanqas in many of the places he traveled to.
# After Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) overthrew the Fatamid dynasty in Egypt, he changed the creed of Al-Azhar University in Cairo from Shia to Sunni. It’s stayed this way up to our current times Mash’Allah, being one of the top notch Islamic universities in the world.
http://www.islamic-study.org/Saladin (Salahu ad-Deen).htm
# During the battle that took place over Bait ul-Maqdis in Jerusalem, Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) sent his very own doctor, along with fruits and ice to treat Richard The Lionheart’s sickness. Talk about compassion; something like that happening right now is inconceivable from a Muslim or non-Muslim.
# Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) was of the Shafi Madhab in matters of Fiqh. He was also very keen on Ihsan, as from some sources it’s mentioned that Imam al-Ghazali’s writings were an influence on him too. This becomes somewhat clear when we learn how devout he was in his level of Zuhd, offering his prayers, as well as the fact that he set up Khanqas in many of the places he traveled to.
# After Salahuddin (rahmatullahi alai) overthrew the Fatamid dynasty in Egypt, he changed the creed of Al-Azhar University in Cairo from Shia to Sunni. It’s stayed this way up to our current times Mash’Allah, being one of the top notch Islamic universities in the world.
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Vanhimmat
Molemmat 'sankarit' murhasivat ja orjuuttivat sotavankejaan ja vihollisen siviilejä.
Kaipa se oli maan ja ajan tapa olla kohtelias vertaiselleen vastustajalle samaan aikaan kun säälittä murhaa tämän kansalaisia, olivat ne sotilaita tai siviilejä.
mulle mitäs siviilejä mukamas Salahuddin murhasi? kun hän valtasi Jerusalemin hän päästi kaikki kristityt takaisin kristityille maille
Nooh, kun esim. Accrassa tämä toinen sankari, Richard 'Leijonanmieli', murhasi kaikki muslimivankinsa, Salahuddin tapatti omat frankkivankinsa. Ei pitäisi provosoitua, jos provosoidaan. :D
Hattinin taistelun jälkeen saadut lähes kaikki vangit murhattiin, samoin Bait Al-Ahazonin linnoituksen valtauksen.
Jerusalemin takaisinvalloituksen jälkeen (lähes) kaikki ne, joilla ei ollut rahaa lunnaisiin, lähetettiin orjiksi. Alunperinhän Salahuddin oli haluton armahtamaan kaupungissa ketään, mutta pää kääntyi, kun puolustajat uhkasivat siinä tapauksessa murhata jokaisen Jerusalemissa vielä olevan muslimin ja tuhota Al Aqsan. Piti sentään sanansa, noin suunnilleen. Köyhien orjuuteen lähettämisestä tuskin olivat sopineet.
Mihin muuten Syyrian alaikäinen perintöprinssi kuoli niin sopivasti? Oliko Salahuddinilla sormensa pelissä?
Aika velikultia. ;)
..."The Sultan devoted the rest of his life to public welfare activities and built hospitals, schools, colleges and mosques all over his dominion.
But he was not destined to live long to enjoy the fruits of peace. A few months later, he died on March 4, 1193 at Damascus. `The day of his death' says a Muslim writer, `was for Islam and the Mussalmans, a misfortune such as they never suffered since they were deprived of the first four Caliphs. The palace, the empire, and the world was overwhelmed with grief, the whole city was plunged in sorrow, and followed his bier weeping and crying'.
Thus died Sultan Salahuddin, one of the most humane and chivalrous monarchs in the annals of mankind. In him, nature had very harmoniously blended the benevolent and merciful heart of a Muslim with a matchless military genius. The messenger who took the news of his death to Baghdad brought the Sultan's coat of mail, his horse one dinar and 36 dirhams which was all the property he had left. His contemporaries and other historians are unanimous in acknowledging Salahuddin as a tender-hearted, kind, patient, affable person--- a friend of the learned and the virtuous whom he treated with utmost respect and beneficence. `In Europe', says Phillip K. Hitti, `he touched the fancy of the English minstrels as well as the modern novelists and is still considered the paragon of chivalry'."
"...He was portrayed as a chivalrous and legendary figure in European history also, a figure who respected his friends as well as his foes - when Richard's horse was killed in battle Salahuddin sent him fresh one saying:
“It is not proper that a warrior should have to fight on foot.” In times of war he was extremely generous to enemy civilians, allowing them to go free with their lives and goods, an act of humanity that was rarely shown to the Muslims by their enemies."