History only remember him as great general which is a pity, he was more then a great general, the demise of muslim is exposed fully when we considered that most muslim generals are remembered for only thier exploits on field of battle.

Our historians and the right wing espouse these victories and emphasize the need of jihad without realizing behind the battle field generals were superb human beings which emobodies the true teaching of Islam. We regretfully only remember thier swords and forget why they fought, what messages they left for generations of muslim.

Consider the case of Mohammad Bin Qasim, we remember him as conquerer of Sindh, while forgetting his grace in victory, we forget how he treated the conquerers and what a superb administrator he was, we forget his greatest success where he knowingly sacrificed his life not on a battlefield but in a dungeon via torture only to save the unity of muslims dying by the hands of muslims. Qasim knew Khalifa was recalling him to kill him and death would not be pleasent or quick, his companions urged him to declare himself independent of khilafa which was more an abonimation then a true khilafa, yet he obeyed because he didn't want to be remember in history who broke away from khilafa.

Salahuddin's jihad was not by sword only, his jihad comprise of educating his subjects, instilling a believe in them the concept that rulers are the servants of people not vice versa, the emphasis he put on educating via schools and mosques explaining to people the true meaning of islam is greater service to Islam then any victories he gained on battlefield. The justice he provided to his people whether muslim or non-muslims, his generosity and fair play was even praised by his enemies. Ibn-e-Khatir said

"I have studied the careers of the rulers of the past, but expecting the first four Caliphs and Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz, but there has been no prince so liberal and pious, law abiding and just as him”

And unlike all other Sultan’s he did not build a single Palace or any building for himself yet he erected mosques, palaces, hospitals, and universities in for his Muslim brothers in Cairo.

Consider this, upon his death he had only one gold piece and 47 silver peices to his name. His ultimate desire was to perform hajj and he was unable to do so because he simply couldn't afford it.

We must remember his generosrity. his fair play, his justice and most importantly his jihad on front of education, freeing muslims from ignorance, from corrupt rule, giving them dignity and showing them path of ALLAH and Prophet PBUH.

Salahuddin use to say I don't want army who can only fight because then they would become powerful killers instead I want them to know why they fight they should know they doing it for thier religion not to conquer new lands and have more booty, they should know all thier actions are answerable to ALLAH and they shall be judged accordingly.

(this is my small effort to show that Jihad is not only by sword or winning battles but more importantly jihas is to banish ignorance and be educated, jihad is being better human being.)

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watched kingdom of heaven yesterday with my room mates..awesome...salahuddin was definitely one of the good 'uns ...

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But thats my whole argument we only remember his battlefield victories, we forget behind those victories were his emphasis on education, discipline, unity, justice where he made everyone feel part of a cause that jihad was bigger cuz he clarified teh cause gave ppl dignity and justice and by action showed what Islam really is, how should one govern and what one should avoid, once he achieved that then he was able to raise army which can defeat far superior forces and do heoroics on the battlefield.

Mohammad Bin Qasim way of administration is not taught how he managed to keep peace and harmony. We have romanticized them as only holy warriors which in turn obscure far superior and much needed attributes that these generals had.

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That is a awesome movie, but go to IMDB page of it, you will alot of bitter chrictians.....

The article is right, but it also shows one more thing...the history disgracful leaders in the Islamic history. It has utterly destroyed the Muslim Ideology and thinking, we are behind in everything because of them. But it also raises question as to who and why people let them lead in the first place, what leads the Muslims to choose the worst of the people to lead?

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very Impressive post Muslims needs to know about sallah ud din ayubi alot.
You wrote very well and in detail.
your post is awesome.

thank you

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This is pdf link to Biography of Salahuddin by Ibn-e-shaddad in english

http://www.ghazali.org/books/gibb-73.pdf

Bahauddin Ibn-e-shaddad appointed as jutice by Salahuddin, a close companion and an esteemed scholor in his own right. He was witnessed to 3rd crusade and many important battle and he wrote this basing it on personal observations and of ppl around Salahuddin, surely this would be the best source to understand salahuddin albeit a little bias one. enjoy.

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