Greatest muslim warrior of 20th century

[Om_Mohammed]

In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful




"Whoever dies without having fought in battle, nor having the sincere wish in his heart to fight in battle, dies on a branch of hypocrisy." [Sahih al Bukhari]




Assalamualeikum


Commander Ibn ul Khattab a brave, fearless, daring Commander of the Foreign Mujahideen in the Caucasus.

Nickname or 'nom de guerre': Ibn-ul-Khattab, also known as Khattab
Real name: Undisclosed
Position: Ameer (Commander) of the Foreign Mujahideen Forces in the Caucasus
Born: 1970
Nationality: GCC Member State in the Arabian Gulf
Languages spoken: Arabic, Russian, English, Pushto
Birthplace: Arabian Gulf
Experience in Jihad: 12 years
Lands of Jihad visited: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Chechnya


Khattab has been likened by many Muslims as the 'Khalid bin Waleed of our times'.
He firmly believes that his death will only come at the time written and appointed by Allah, not a minute earlier and not a minute later.
He has escaped death and assassination attempts on many occasions, the closest of which was when he was driving a four tonne Russian truck, which was bombed by the Russians.
The truck was blown to pieces as was his passenger, but Khattab survived without a scratch.


In an advice to the Muslims around the world, he once said:

"The main thing that prevents all of us from coming to Jihad is our families. All of us who came here, came without our family's permission. If we had listened to our families and gone back home, who would carry on this work that we are doing? Every time I telephone my mother, even now she asks me to come home, even though I have not seen her for the last 12 years. If I was to go back to visit my mother, who would continue this work?"


Take a leaf out of the book of these great Warriors; stop the petty arguements amongst yourselves, start living Islam.



"And prepare against them all you can of power, including steeds of war to terrorise the enemies of Allah and others besides whom you may not know, but Allah does know. And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly."



Wasalamualeikum

[Luque (Guest)]

Assalamualaikum

The enemy of Islam also have that type of warrior, only at different side of the battle. Could they also fight for the God?

Actually, who or what is the true warrior that we all should be proud of?

I would be proud of Malaysian Prime Minister as a warrior who do not kill but safe more people in the form of supports and express the truth about justice.

Luque

[Abdel_Haadie]

Walaikum salaam wa RAhmatullah wa Barakatu,

Indeed Khatab has rejuvinated the memory of the salaf. Who will fill his shoes? May Allah rest his soul in peace and with the Shuhada' and Mohsineens. Ameen. He was indeed one of the outstanding servants of Allah of our times.

abdel_haadie

[Abu Tamam]

I believe the title of greatest Muslim warrior of the 20th century is a close competition between Sheikh Abd al Qadir who fought the French in Algeria and Sheikh Omar Mukhtar of Lybia who fought the Italiens. Both men were not only brave warriors, but also men of justice, knowledge and deep spirituality.
May God accept them in His mercy,
Ameen

[servant_of_Allah]

Assalamu Alaykum !

I did study a bit about Sheikh Mukhtar when i was in school. But, i studied very little.
Also, i never heard of Sheikh Abdul Qaadir.

Could you kind post some information on the two men, so that we all may learn.

Wassalamu Alaykum,
servant of Allah.

[Abu Tamam]

Assalamu Alaikum,

here some information on Sheikh Abd al Qadir, who lived, my apologies, in the 19th century:

(Taken partly from onwar.com)

First War of Abd el-Kader 1832-34...Abd el-Kader (1808-83), Muslim leader and emir of Mascara, led Algerians in a war of harassment against invading French troops in Oran and Mostaganem. He was successful, forcing the French to sign the Desmichels Treaty of 1934, which recognized Abd el-Kader as the dey (governor) of Mascara and gave him control of the interior of Oran. France signed the treaty with the hope that Abd el-Kader could be used as a French agent in Algeria.
French troops continued to oppose Abd el-Kader's united Algerian tribes but lost many battles. In 1837, the Treaty of Tafna was signed, giving Abd el-Kader control of most of the interior of Algeria; France retained only a few ports. With his territorial acquisitions, Abd el-Kader organized a true Muslim state, using religious sentiment to unify the Algerians.

Although his forces were defeated by the French under General Thomas Bugeaud in 1836, Abd al Qadir negotiated a favorable peace treaty the next year. The treaty gained conditional recognition for Abd al Qadir's regime by defining the territory under its control and salvaged his prestige among the tribes just as the shaykhs were about to desert him.
By 1839 he controlled more than two-thirds of Algeria. His government maintained an army and a bureaucracy, collected taxes, supported education, undertook public works, and established agricultural and manufacturing cooperatives to stimulate economic activity...
To provoke new hostilities, the French deliberately broke the treaty in 1839 by occupying Constantine. Abd al Qadir took up the holy war again, destroyed the French settlements on the Mitidja Plain, and at one point advanced to the outskirts of Algiers itself. He struck where the French were weakest and retreated when they advanced against him in greater strength. The government moved from camp to camp with the amir and his army. Gradually, however, superior French resources and manpower and the defection of tribal chieftains took their toll. Reinforcements poured into Algeria after 1840 until Bugeaud had at his disposal 108,000 men, one-third of the French army. Bugeaud's strategy was to destroy Abd al Qadir's bases, then to starve the population by destroying its means of subsistence--crops, orchards, and herds. On several occasions, French troops burned or asphyxiated noncombatants hiding from the terror in caves. One by one, the amir's strongholds fell to the French, and many of his ablest commanders were killed or captured so that by 1843 the Muslim state had collapsed. Abd al Qadir took refuge with his ally, the sultan of Morocco, Abd ar Rahman II, and launched raids into Algeria. However, Abd al Qadir was obliged to surrender to the commander of Oran Province, General Louis de Lamoricière, at the end of 1847.
Abd al Qadir was promised safe conduct to Egypt or Palestine if his followers laid down their arms and kept the peace. He accepted these conditions, but the minister of war--who years earlier as general in Algeria had been badly defeated by Abd al Qadir--had him consigned to prison in France.

In December 1840, France sent Marshal Thomas R. Bugeaud (1784-1849) to Algeria to begin a concerted military campaign to conquer Abd el-Kader's Algerians. The French drove Abd el-Kader into Morocco in 1841, where he enlisted the moroccans as allies in his war against the French. Abd el-Kader used his rifle-armed cavalry effectively, conducting incessant raids against French troops and then retreating. Finally, however, the French army under Bugeaud attacked Abd el-Kader's 45,000-man army at the Isly River on August 14, 1844, and decisively defeated it. After the Battle of Isly, Abd el-Kader took refuge in Morocco again in 1846 and, with a small band, fought small skirmishes against the French. Having lost the support of the sultan of Morocco and with few men left, Abd el-Kader surrendered to French general Christophe Lamoriciere (1806-65) in 1847.
Abd al-Qadir moved in 1855, to Damascus. Five years later, he intervened there to save the lives of an estimated 12,000 Christians, including the French consul and staff, during a massacre instigated by local Ottoman officials. In appreciation, the French government granted him the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor, and additional honors followed from a number of other European governments. He declined all invitations to return to public life and devoted the rest of his life to scholarly pursuits and charity. He died in Damascus in 1883.

I will try to write about Omar Mukhtar later...

[servant_of_Allah]

Assalamu Alaykum Brother Abu Tamam !

Jazaakum Allah Khair for the information. I await your posting on Sheikh Omar Mukhtar.

Wassalamu Alaykum,
servant of Allah.