May the peace, blessings and mercy of Allah be upon you
And may the peace, blessings and mercy of Allah be upon you
I thought deeply
I pondered what if Ali and Mu'awiya had never been born...
and if they had not existed among the Muslims
Were thousands of Muslims killed...
because this one wants the pledge of allegiance
and that other wants to avenge Uthman?
Allah has wisdom in everything, Amr
and what I fear most now...
to return to the people without an agreement and war returns
It will be more severe than the previous one
because it will break out without hope of reconciliation
The burden is heavy, Aba Abdullah
We have made a covenant...
to refer to the Book of Allah for judgment, Aba Musa
Allah Almighty says...
"And we ordained for them therein a life for a life, and an eye for an eye..."
"a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear a tooth for a tooth"
"and for wounds is legal retaliation"
Even if there is corruption in implementing these rules
greater than the interest achieved by Muslims
Doesn't this require us to be patient...
so that we can protect this Muslim blood from ever being shed?
Ali never pledged even once that he would avenge Uthman's blood
If he had pledged things would have been different
We'll make him swear on the Book of Allah
and pledge this to all Muslims
If he was able to do that he would not have come out to fight us
Tell me, Aba Musa
If you were given a choice between deposing Ali and Mu'awiya
and the killing of 70 thousand Muslims
Which one do you choose?
And why do I tell you 70 thousand? A thousand, or a hundred?
What do you say?
Tell me what you have, Amr
If the two men will not reconcile
and the nation strives for peace
What do we need them for?
Have you lost your mind, man?
Depose Ali Ibn Abi Talib after people pledged allegiance to him?
You will find those who support you in the provinces
We will decide what Umar Ibn Al-Khattab decided
meaning we will return the matter to the Advisors
We depose them and the Advisors will choose a caliph to end the discord
This will please those poor people who...
we drag them into war
and so...
we protect their blood
Think about it carefully, Aba Musa
Remember that Allah will ask you and me on the Judgment Day
about every drop of blood that will be shed if we fail to make a decision
Good night
"Episode 15"
"Dumat al-Jandal"
They've come out, they've come out
You begin, Amr
How can I precede you? Do the honor, Aba Musa, please
In the name of Allah
May Allah's prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah
May Allah bless him and grant him peace
Muslims...
in accordance with the arbitration between Ali Ibn Abi Talib...
and Mu'awiya Ibn Abi Sufyan
we have decided here in Dumat Al-Jandal
that there is no salvation for this nation...
and there is no way to escape from this discord
unless the matter is returned to the Muslim Advisors
according to the laws of Umar Ibn al-Khattab
I depose Ali Ibn Abi Talib from the Command of the Faithful
Do you depose the Commander of the Faithful?
Is this what you have concluded?
Is that what you've come to?
And I depose Mu'awiya from Syria Governance
What are you saying...?
The Advisors will have the right to choose a caliph from among the Muslims
that did not shed any blood in this discord
He can unite the people and restore security to them
You strip the of allegiance from the Commander of the Faithful, you traitor?
No allegiance to you no allegiance to you...
Let people consider who they entrust with their affairs
If the Advisors appoint Ali again
the pledge of allegiance to him will be unanimous this time
You have no right to judge, Aba Musa
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah Lord of the Worlds
Peace and blessings be upon Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, the Messenger and Prophet
People...
if Aba Musa...
has stripped the pledge of allegiance from Ali Ibn Abi Talib, this is his right
for he pledged allegiance to him
As for me...
I will not depose Mu'awiya because I did not pledge allegiance to him
Rather, how can I depose someone who I haven't pledged allegiance to?
- Is this what we've agreed upon? - And he is the avenger...
of Uthman Ibn Affan
We pledged allegiance to him to exact retribution from his killers
As for the matter of the caliphate...
it is returned to the Advisors and may Allah protect the blood of Muslims
You confused me, may Allah curse you
- You have no right to judge, Aba Musa - You have no right to judge, Aba Musa
You have no right to judge, Aba Musa...
What about Aba Musa al-Ash'ari?
Some soldiers carried him to his camel
Amr Ibn al-As sent some guards to guard him
May Allah keep him safe I don't think he will ever return to Kufa
I never thought the war would end like this
When we raised the Qurans we were sparing the blood of Muslims
We never imagined that Ali's army would be divided in this way
Had Ali accepted what we proposed
perhaps he'd been spared from this division
and won himself and we'd won with him too
Ali Ibn Abi Talib disbelieved after his belief
"Outskirts of Kufa Kharijites Camp"
After his disbelief became clear to us
everyone who follows him is a disbeliever like him
and whoever refrain from calling the disbeliever as such is a disbeliever
This is our war against disbelievers once again
We have to bring people back to Islam as if the call has now started again
There is no god but Allah
His disbelief and his alteration of the verses of Allah
became clear to us on the Battle of the Camel
after we defeated the army of Talha and Al-Zubayr
with our blood and the blood of our brothers
He refused to divide the spoils among us
He claimed that it is not permissible to divide the spoils of a Muslim army
He calls them Muslims
yet they don't comply with Islam
They altered the verses of Allah by going to Basra
We pledge allegiance to you, Ibn Wahab as Commander of the Faithful
We hear and obey you
On condition that you pledge to fight the armies of disbelief and the enemies of Islam
until our last breath
I swear that I will sacrifice my soul and blood for the sake of Allah's religion
Judgment belongs only to Allah
Judgment belongs only to Allah...
What are we waiting for after all this, Aba al-Hasan?
I will write a letter in which I call them again to understand the verses of Allah
and return to obedience and stop what they innovate in religion
Those have no cure but the sword
Commander of the Faithful, let us postpone the sword as long as we are able to do so
and allow me to go and talk to them
perhaps I can dissuade them for their misguidance
The fire will ignite between Ali and the Kharijites in Iraq
These are from the ones we asked Ali to carry out retribution against them
before their situation worsens
and now they are coming out against him
Couldn't this be to our advantage?
These Kharijites are the enemy
People who declare the Companions and Muslims as disbelievers
They deem the sanctified blood lawful
Getting rid of them means getting rid of the most evil killers of Uthman
My Lord, Al-Jaysar of Clysma has arrived
Let him get in at once
Al-Jaysar is Ali's Governor over Clysma?
Yes
He wrote to me and pledged his loyalty to me to take retribution for Uthman
- Does Ali know about that? - No
He should not know that his governor over Clysma has pledged allegiance to me
Take the money from your lord, Jaysar
I did not declare allegiance to the Governor Mu'awiya in order to obtain money
yet it is only in support of Uthman may Allah have mercy on him
and in faith in Allah
Even believers need money, Jaysar
What do you command me, Governor?
You are the governor of Ali over Clysma
I mean, you were Ali's governor over Clysma
Ali's supporters used to cross from Iraq to Egypt without any difficulty
and now...
I don't want you to let them cross into Egypt
That's all I want
Peace be upon you
And be upon you
What brings you here?
I came in peace
None comes to us but those who stand with us
Do you stand with us, Ibn Abbas?
I stand with the right
- What is the right? - The right of reply
I came to you from the companions of the Messenger of Allah
to tell you what they say and you tell me what you say
May I come among you in peace, my brothers?
I guarantee you peace if you come among us
but I can't guarantee you'll get out safely
No soul can die except by Allah's permission at a predetermined time
Tell me...
why did you resent Ali the cousin and son-in-law
of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Because of three
The first is that he made men the judges of Allah's religion
Allah says...
"Judgment belongs only to Allah"
The second is that he fought in battles but did not give us permission
to take captives or spoils
If those we fought were infidels
then it is permissible for us to take their women captive
Even if they are believers it is not permissible to fight them
The third is that he dropped the title of Commander from himself
when writing the peace treaty and wrote his name only
If he's not the Commander of the Faithful then he's the Commander of the unbelievers
Do you have anything else?
All right
Allah says...
In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
"You who have believed, do not kill game while you are in a state of Ihram"
"and whoever among you kills them intentionally"
"the penalty is an equivalent of what he killed from livestock"
"It shall be judged by two just men among you"
I beg you for Allah's sake
Will they judge in hunting...
or to spare the blood of Muslims?
Then in the matter of the woman and her husband
Allah Almighty says, "And if you fear dissension between the two"
"send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people"
Do men have the right to decide matters like divorce and marriage...
however we do not let them decide in halting the fighting between the Muslims?
Have I passed the first?
As for what you say...
Ali did not permit the captivity
By Allah, I implore you
Would you captivate your mother, Aisha?
Or is it lawful to treat her as you do to others?
If you did, then you have disbelieved and she is your mother
and if you say, she is not our mother then you have disbelieved, and Allah says...
"The Prophet is more worthy of believers than themselves"
"and his wives are their mothers"
Allah Almighty has spoken the truth
You are circling between two misguidances
so get a way out of them
Have I passed the second?
As for what you say...
he has erased from himself the title of Commander of the Faithful
then he is the Commander of the disbelievers
You have a good example in the Messenger of Allah in the Treaty of al-Hudaybiya
When he wrote, "This is what the Messenger of Allah agreed upon," they refused
They asked him to erase "the Messenger of Allah"
and to write his name and his father's name
so, he accepted
Did this remove him of prophethood?
Have I passed the third?
And now...
Shall I get out in peace?
"Clysma"
Welcome and greeting to the noble men of Kufa
Welcome, Jaysar
Come in, the meal is set
Abdullah Ibn Abbas succeeded in convincing two thousand Kharijites
to go back to Ali's army
but more than eight thousand of them remained hostile to him
Our supporters in Egypt are increasing day after day
Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr exhausted them with his severity
The wealthy grew weary of him and were fed up with him
as he pursued them in their money and provisions, and they rebelled against him
And as you know, he is callow
He has no knowledge of managing the affairs of the country and its people
If he feels danger do you think he will stay still?
Don't forget that he has followers and supporters
They will not benefit him at all
Most of the people of Egypt knew what he did on the day Uthman was killed
and people are discontent with him
And Ali is now busy with the war with the Kharijites
and the opportunity is ripe to restore Egypt, so how determined are you?
As you want me to be
Rather, my determination is greater and more severe
On the condition that you don't do to me what Uthman did, if we take it together
- Do you think I'd do? - No
No, I swear, no
This palace bears witness to my sadness on the day I was dismissed from Egypt
I followed your advice with the Commander of the Faithful that day
I swear to Allah, I have found nothing from you but loyalty to the promises
So, a pledge from you today
will ease my heart
I will never take it away from you as long as you or I live
But...
what if Al-Ashtar reached Egypt?
It'll be hard for us, won't it?
He will not reach it
"The Road to Egypt"
May Allah have mercy on you Aba Ibrahim
May Allah have mercy on him
I swear that I have not found a man who was more obedient and loyal to me
Guide us, Commander of the Faithful
The Kharijites violate the sanctities of Allah all around us
If our situation remains as it is we will become an easy prey to our enemies
What do you think, Abdullah?
I think we should attack them
to show our strength to people and punish them for their crimes
But the people of Kufa are deceiving us about the matter of engaging in war, uncle
They hide their intentions behind uncertainty
and I fear that they will not obey us as they did before
This is an inevitable war, my son
The people know the sin of these Kharijites
and will not remain silent about their tyranny among the people
If we defeat them, we will be free to fight Mu'awiya in Syria
But we have not yet recovered from the wounds of Saffin, Father
Some wounds never heal
"Fustat, Egypt"
I think Ali will march towards us today or tomorrow
He thinks he is more powerful after he destroyed the Kharijites army in Nahrawan
Rather, he'll not be able to march and he'll not think about it in the first place
The victory over the Kharijites exhausted his army
and cost him a lot of equipment and men
Ali is weakest today
The people of Iraq do not obey him
they oppose his rule and delay in supporting him
If he is that weak
why don't we march towards him and eliminate what's left of his army?
What's wrong?
I think about the coming days, Utba
Our situation today, after Syria and Egypt became one
stronger than Ali's
This must be exploited before the scales tip in Ali's favor
Ali should think a thousand times before marching with his army towards Syria
The scales are balanced, Utba
"Damascus Year 39 After the Hijra"
Praise be to Allah who bestowed upon us Egypt, Medina, Mecca and Yemen
and thus, they have submitted to you
One thing remains, Aba Abd al-Rahman
Will we take the initiative to attack Ali and his army?
Rather, we will give him a long truce
He will not approach Syria and we will not approach Iraq
What truce?
I thought a lot before I did this, Utba
I sought Allah's guidance and praise be to Allah who guided me to the truce
There is no good in war with Ali
This is a war that no one wins
We both lose and I don't want to lose anymore
I just want to look at the future and forget the past
Hand me the inkwell and paper
At your order
"It is time for Muslims to breathe a sigh of relief"
"and for the war between us to come to an end"
"and I call upon you to make peace between me and you"
"Let none of us enter the others' province with an army"
What do you see, Father?
Days pass and we don't forget the wounds
Wounds are not meant to be forgotten, my son
but to learn from them
Days don't pass
I wish it would take us back in time...
when Uthman was not killed
and Umar
when Aba Bakr was not dead
when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was not dead
May Allah bless him and grant him peace
When I wasn't alone
where I only hear my own voice
and I only fight my thoughts
The life of this world is only a place of trial, my father
When I look upon your face
I see nothing but my own shadow
I hope your eyes never see what my eyes saw
Exalt only the word of Allah
and don't use your sword
as long as strategy saves you from war
As you wish, Father
I will accept Mu'awiya's truce
No more blood will be shed
A letter to you, Al-Tai
Curse these infidels, enemies of Allah
Curse Quraysh forever
What's wrong with you, Al-Tai?
Ibn Abi Talib and Ibn Abi Sufyan made a truce between them
Curse them, curse them!
By Allah, the sons of Abd Manaf did not agree except on our blood
Do you know why we did not accept the arbitration or its results?
By Allah, they will not enjoy this reconciliation and will pay a heavy price
Allah has blessed us with three of our best men
to join those who preceded us to Paradise
Amr Ibn Bakr
will kill Amr Ibn al-As in Egypt
and Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muljam
will kill Ali Ibn Abi Talib in Kufa
and Al-Borak Ibn Abdullah
will kill Mu'awiya Ibn Abi Sufyan in Damascus
I think we should kill them all in one of the days of Ramadan
at dawn prayer
Each of them has a number of guards except during prayer time
I hope Allah will help us
Don't say anything
Go to your chamber and make no sound, quickly
My uncle, Al-Borak
What brought you from Iraq?
Come in!
How are you, Sawda?
- Come in, uncle - Where is your son?
- He's sleeping - And your brother?
He went out in the morning to see a friend of his from Bani Kalb in Mezzeh
If he doesn't come back tonight, he will come back tomorrow morning, Allah willing
You didn't tell me about you, uncle
We are still fighting the hypocrites and infidels, the enemies of Allah
Other than that, nothing new
Isn't it time for your wars in Iraq to end?
It will be over soon
Soon?
What do you mean?
Tomorrow, you will know what I mean
"Damascus Year 40 After the Hijra"
"Kufa"
"Fustat, Egypt"
"So, which of your Lord's favors will you deny?"
"And below them are two Gardens"
"So, which of your Lord's favors will you deny?"
Allah Akbar
May the peace and mercy of Allah be upon you
Allah Akbar
Judgment belongs only to Allah
Mu'awiya
Father!
Seize him!