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• And if they do not comply even with this, then ask for God's help and fight them. And if you besiege people of a fort or a city and they ask you to deal with them in accordance with the divine command, then reject their request and just give them temporary security ([[aman]]) in accordance with your own judgment, since you do not know if you can grasp the divine command about them. | • And if they do not comply even with this, then ask for God's help and fight them. And if you besiege people of a fort or a city and they ask you to deal with them in accordance with the divine command, then reject their request and just give them temporary security ([[aman]]) in accordance with your own judgment, since you do not know if you can grasp the divine command about them. | ||
• And if you besieged people of a fort or a city and they ask you to put them under the protection ([[dhimmi]]) of God and [[the Prophet (s)]], then reject their request; instead, put them under your own and your father's and your companions' protection, since if they violate the protection treaty of you and your fathers, that would be better than violating that of God and his messenger. | • And if you besieged people of a fort or a city and they ask you to put them under the protection ([[dhimmi]]) of God and [[the Prophet (s)]], then reject their request; instead, put them under your own and your father's and your companions' protection, since if they violate the protection treaty of you and your fathers, that would be better than violating that of God and his messenger. | ||
Then the Prophet (s) accompanied the Army of Islam to [[Thaniyya al-Wada']]; he then stayed there and the army stood around him. The Prophet (s) told them: "Depart in the name of God and fight the enemy of God and your enemy in [[Sham]]. You will see people who worship God in their monasteries; do not encroach upon them, and you will see people whose heads are [[Satan]]'s nests; decapitate their heads with swords … Never kill women, children and the elderly; never set palm groves to fire; never cut trees, and never destroy houses". | Then the Prophet (s) accompanied the Army of Islam to [[Thaniyya al-Wada']]; he then stayed there and the army stood around him. The Prophet (s) told them: "Depart in the name of God and fight the enemy of God and your enemy in [[Sham]]. You will see people who worship God in their monasteries; do not encroach upon them, and you will see people whose heads are [[Satan]]'s nests; decapitate their heads with swords … Never kill women, children and the elderly; never set palm groves to fire; never cut trees, and never destroy houses". | ||
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==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
The Battle of Mu'ta was an operation by Muslims in order to identity the fighting styles of the Roman armies and their allies, and the information that Muslims gained from this battle was very helpful in their future wars. Thus the loss of this battle for Muslims is nothing in comparison with their gains. They were successful in the identification of the fighting styles, organizations and the warfare of Roman armies and their allies, which was key to the Muslims' victories in their future battles. | The Battle of Mu'ta was an operation by Muslims in order to identity the fighting styles of the Roman armies and their allies, and the information that Muslims gained from this battle was very helpful in their future wars. Thus the loss of this battle for Muslims is nothing in comparison with their gains. They were successful in the identification of the fighting styles, organizations and the warfare of Roman armies and their allies, which was key to the Muslims' victories in their future battles. | ||
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