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Answer: Tariq ibn Ziyad ↔ The conquest of Al-Andalus, Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) ↔ The Battle of Hattin, Mehmed the Conqueror ↔ The conquest of Constantinople, Sayf ad-Din Qutuz ↔ The Battle of 'Ayn Jalut
💡 Salah ad-Din won at Hattin in 1187 CE and then liberated Jerusalem, and Qutuz stopped the Mongol advance at 'Ayn Jalut in 1260 CE.
Answer: The Alhambra Palace ↔ Granada, The Qarawiyyin Mosque ↔ Fez, The Umayyad Mosque ↔ Damascus, The Dome of the Rock ↔ Jerusalem
💡 These landmarks are spread across different continents and countries, showing how far Islamic civilization extended, from Al-Andalus and Morocco to the Levant.
Answer: As-Siddiq (the Truthful Believer) ↔ Abu Bakr, Al-Faruq (the one who distinguishes truth from falsehood) ↔ 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, Dhun-Nurayn (Possessor of the Two Lights) ↔ 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, The Drawn Sword of Allah ↔ Khalid ibn al-Walid
💡 'Uthman was called Dhun-Nurayn because he married two of the Prophet's ﷺ daughters, and the Prophet ﷺ called Khalid the Sword of Allah because of his bravery in battle.
Answer: The Rightly Guided Caliphate, then The Umayyad state, then The Abbasid state, then The Ottoman state
💡 After the Rightly Guided Caliphate came the Umayyad state in Damascus, then the Abbasid state in Baghdad, and then, centuries later, the Ottoman state emerged in Anatolia.
Answer: The Year of the Elephant, then The first revelation in the Cave of Hira', then The emigration to Madinah, then The Conquest of Makkah
💡 The Prophet ﷺ was born in the Year of the Elephant, received prophethood at forty, emigrated 13 years after that, and then conquered Makkah in 8 AH.
Answer: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, then 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, then 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, then 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
💡 Abu Bakr became caliph after the Prophet ﷺ passed away, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with them all.
Answer: Harun ar-Rashid, Al-Ma'mun, Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
💡 Al-Mansur, ar-Rashid, and al-Ma'mun are among the most famous Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad, while 'Abdul-Malik and his son al-Walid were Umayyad caliphs.
Answer: Makkah, Madinah, Ta'if
💡 In Makkah the Prophet ﷺ was born and received his prophethood, to Madinah he emigrated, and to Ta'if he went to call its people, while Cairo and Tunis lie outside the Arabian Peninsula.
Answer: Fatimah, Zaynab, Ruqayyah
💡 Among the Prophet's ﷺ daughters are Fatimah, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, and Umm Kulthum, while Aisha and Hafsah were his wives, the Mothers of the Believers.
Answer: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, The Prophet's Mosque, Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa
💡 The Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not set out on a journey except for three mosques: Al-Masjid Al-Haram, this mosque of mine, and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa."
Answer: Badr, Uhud, The Trench
💡 The Prophet ﷺ took part in Badr, Uhud, and the Trench, while al-Qadisiyyah was in the time of 'Umar, and Hattin was in the time of Salah ad-Din centuries later.
Answer: Cordoba, Granada, Seville
💡 Cordoba, Granada, and Seville are among the most famous cities of Al-Andalus, in what is southern Spain today, while Baghdad is in Iraq and Damascus is in the Levant.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The Prophet ﷺ went to Ta'if to call its people to Islam and then returned to Makkah; the emigration after which he settled was to Madinah.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The Battle of Badr came first, in the second year after the Hijrah, then Uhud, and then the Battle of the Trench (the Confederates) after both.
Answer: False ✖
💡 'Umar ibn 'Abdul-'Aziz was an Umayyad caliph famous for his justice and simple living, so much so that he was called the fifth Rightly Guided Caliph.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The first qiblah was Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem), and then it was changed to the Ka'bah in the second year after the Hijrah.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Prophet ﷺ called his people in Makkah for 13 years, during which he and his Companions patiently endured persecution, and then he emigrated to Madinah.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Battle of Badr was on 17 Ramadan in the second year after the Hijrah, the first Ramadan the Muslims fasted.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The Prophet ﷺ married her before the start of his prophethood. She was the first to believe in him, and he did not marry anyone else while she was alive.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the strait with his army in 92 AH (711 CE) and landed at a mountain that has carried his name ever since (Jabal Tariq, "Tariq's Mountain").
