Umayyad Caliphate
Quotes & Thinkers from Umayyad Caliphate
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"Of the prisoners captured a selection was made from the slaves and other spoils, “in order to detach the usual one-fifth share of the State. The number of the selected slaves came to about 20,000. The rest were distributed among the troops."
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Muhammad bin Qasim
Military
696–715
"From the seventh century onwards and with a peak during Muhammad al-Qasim's campaigns in 712-713 a considerable number of Jats was captured as prisoners of war and deported to Iraq and elsewhere as slaves."
25 quotes
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.)
Religion
"Fasting is a shield against fire. Charity and dole remove and finish sin, as does the remembrance of God in the midnight."
31 quotes
Imam Husayn ibn Ali (A.S.)
Religion
626–680
"Whoever seeks the satisfaction of people through disobedience of God, then God subjects him to people."
32 quotes
Imam Hasan ibn Ali (A.S.)
Religion
625–670
"Nothing sweetens life like a pleasant disposition."
9 quotes
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
Politics
624–692
"History of the Prophets and Kings, New York, United States, 1989"
2 quotes
John of Damascus
Religion
675–749
"Images are books for the illiterate and silent heralds of the honor of the saints, teaching those who see with a soundless voice and sanctifying the sight."
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Hasan al-Basri
Religion
642–728
"The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!"
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Notable Quotes
"From the seventh century onwards and with a peak during Muhammad al-Qasim's campaigns in 712-713 a considerable number of Jats was captured as prisoners of war and deported to Iraq and elsewhere as slaves."
— Muhammad bin Qasim, b. 696View →
", the people of India rebelled, and threw off their yoke, and the country from Debalpur to the salt sea only remained under the dominions of the Khalifa."
— Muhammad bin Qasim, b. 696View →
"At Brahmanabad, after many people were killed, “all prisoners of or under the age of 30 years were put in chains… All the other people capable of bearing arms were beheaded and their followers and dependents were made prisoners."
— Muhammad bin Qasim, b. 696View →
"My ruling is given: Kill anyone belonging to the combatants ; arrest their sons and daughters for hostages and imprison them. Whoever submits…grant them aman and settle their tribute as dhimmah."
— Muhammad bin Qasim, b. 696View →
"‘eight, or some say twenty-six thousand, men were put to the sword.’"
— Muhammad bin Qasim, b. 696View →