First Muslim Civil War - Early Muslim Expansion DOCUMENTARY

Script: Ethan Symons-Ferraro
Illustrations: Nargiz Isayeva

#Documentary #EarlyMuslimExpansion #Caliphate

[furqanmk]

As a Muslim it’s so refreshing to listen to commentary on these events in a political context. Growing up as either Sunni or Shia, you are taught to see your side as completely blameless and the other side evil. But in real life, all humans make mistakes and no one is completely innocent. Thanks to this channel! 🙏

[shirkuh]

No castle, no army, just a man sitting in his home governor of the strongest country of middle east, such a unique time that was

[princeofdervish]

Ali one day while in kufa a man came to him asking him 'oh Ali in abubakar and othman caliphate there was peace, why is there strive in your caliphate?
Ali answered him by saying 'they ruled man like me and I rule man like you'.

[moebazzi]

Ali Ibn Abu Taleb is traditionally considered to be one of the greatest and one of the most valiant Muslim warriors. He took part in almost all the battles fought by the nascent Muslim community. His contributions in the Battle of Khyber and the Battle of Badr are very well known. Legend and greatness

[blava]

We, as Sunnis, believe that any fighting or disagreement among the prophet's companions is unfortunate, and we love all of his companions based on the effort they put to defend the religion and support their prophet.

[MrBedoJoe]

A professional coverage of a very edgy topic among Muslims till this very day.
As a Muslim, my whole community growing up and I consider this period of turmoil a very big bundle of unfortunate events. Lots of companions of the Prophet, great men who sacrificed a lot for Islam, coming to blows, while both sides had very valid causes to defend.
God bless them all, they all have our respect, and all are admired and remembered by their greatest deeds, among which this incident is very easy to be consciously overlooked.

[georgeso]

When asked by a Muslim why there was so much treachery and strife during his rule as Calif, Ali answered “The previous Califs ruled over people like me. And now I rule over people like you!” Massive burn!!!

[Oreocookie]

Muhammad, Ali and Zubayr were cousins. In the battle of Uhd, when the three were fighting alongside in melee, Muhammad said that Zubayr who is now defending Ali, will once march out to kill him. Ammar is said to have said this hadith to Zubayr. After hearing this once again, Zubayr starting crying and returned without fighting. Killed by Kharjites shortly afterwards

[HarrisNMeo]

Never imagined Kings and Generlas would cover this! I thought of this topic as my personal interest that K&G would never know or never do. Im so pleasantly surprised! K&G team is priceless! <3

[angusyang]

Time traveler: Hey, what year is it?
Arab man: It's the year AH 40 (661 CE)
Time traveler: So it's the end of the First Fitna, right?
Arab man: What do you mean "First"?

[aleksapetrovic]

After you finish Early Muslim Expansion series (assuming with fall of Uamayyads in Damascus), will you continue story of other Caliphates like Fatimidis, Abbasids and Fourth Fitma (the most interesting one if you ask me).

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

(Quran 6:159)

"Surely, those who have made divisions in their religion and turned into factions, you have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with Allah alone; then He will tell them what they have been doing"

[PakBallandSami]

The Battle of the Camel (656 CE), as it was later styled because of Aisha's ride – a camel, was a pyrrhic victory, in that Ali's popularity suffered as a result. Aisha, owing to her status as the wife of the Prophet, was sent to Medina with every mark of honor, where she lived in retirement for the rest of her life. Although Ali's military genius spared the lives of many, several notable Muslims such as Talhah and Zubayr met their end. Shortly after his victory, Ali moved his capital to Kufa in Iraq because of popular support and to save Medina from the perils of the war.

[DrPult]

Hope to see Siffin, Nahrawan and Karbala battles in the next episodes.
I also hope to see Mukhtar's rebellion in future episodes.
Thanks for the content!

[JRGProjects]

As a Christian it's interesting to see the Muslim Expansion and subsequent fracture among the sects. It's almost a repeat of what happened with the Protestants and Catholics in the West in the 30 Years War.

[arnavdharadhar]

Finally we have Early Muslim Expansion Season 3!! Thanks a lot K&G!!!

[ddd]

At 5:50 you make a slight but important mistake. The Muslims already had a fully compiled Quran of the original documents from the time of the Prophet that was compiled by Abu Bakr(ra) right after the death of the prophet. All Uthman(ra) did was he took this copy and made copies of it and spread it throughout the empire, and also used it to check other qurans.

[Ismail-Ibrahim]

Another great video, but a couple of things to point:
1. One of if not the most important reasons why Ali did not immediately take justice on the rebels, was that they were in the thousands, and he needed all the support he can get, so he argued that all provinces should give him their fealty before taking justice.
2. Zubayer and Talha weren't necessarily rebelling against Ali, they attempted to take Justice in their own hands and punish the Rebels for killing Uthman.
3. Prior to the battle of the camel, there was an attempt by Ali to reconcile, and it almost worked, but according to most Muslim sources the rebels in Ali's army instigated the battle, since any reconciliation would cause in their demise.
Nonetheless another great video overall, keep up the good work!

[nenenindonu]

Idk why some people are trying to undermine the early muslim conquests by claiming that the Romans and Sassanians weakened eachother for centuries while theres some truth in that both still managed to field much larger armies and still lost... the main credit should go to generals like Khalid ibn Al Walid, Amr ibn Al As and Saad bin abi Waqqas

[azerill]

In short, Ali, Fatima, Hassan, Hussein, ... (Ahl al-bayt) were right.💚
We have to choose from whom we get Islam. From the Ahl al-Bayt or from the usurpers and murderers of the Ahl al-Bayt.