The Muslim power was expanding and due to this the non-Muslims were worried about their dynasty and they felt a threat to their own empire. One of the non- Muslim emperors was the KAISER of Rome. When he saw that the ruler of Makah has embraced Islam therefore he decided to attack the Muslims and made a secret plan.
The people of Syria were Christians and they directly followed the orders of KAISER. They gathered an army of 4000 men with the latest armor and they camped at the fort of tabuk which was situated on the road from Hijr to Damascus. When the news reached to the HOLY PROPHET PBUH, he ordered the Muslims to get ready to fight in the way of ALLAH. All the Muslims from Makah and the surroundings of Medina were gathered to take part in The battle of Tabuk.
On the call of the PROPHET PBUH, there were almost 30,000 Muslims who were ready to participate in the battle and were gathered around Medina. Among all the men 10,000 were the mounted soldiers and the rest were the followers. At that time there was a hypocrite called Abdullah bin Ubayy who started to discourage the Muslim army by telling that the enemies are in a very large number and it will be difficult to defeat them in such a hot climate and he also succeed in changing the minds of the tribe called khizraj.
Then the day came when the Muslim army had to depart for The battle of Tabuk. The Holy PROPHET PBUH asked the army to gather more morale and be strong and assure them that ALLAH is with them and they will succeed and victory is in their way. So the whole army moved towards tabuk from Medina. Imam ALI A.S had always been the commander of the army in every battle but this time HE was left at Medina because the PROPHET PBUH knew that the hypocrites will cause some disturbance so Imam ALI A.S was left behind to deal with such situations. The hypocrites started a rumor that the PROPHET PBUH is not happy with happy with Imam ALI, so HE went to the army and met them at the place called Jasra but the PROPHET PBUH ordered him to return back.
The Muslims had to face many troubles during their way to Tabuk. There was a time when they ran short of water but ALLAH showered HIS blessings on them in the form of rain and finally the army reached tabuk. The enemies had already retreated when they heard about the army of the Muslims. The Muslim army along with the HOLY PROPHET PBUH stayed at the place of tabuk for about 20 days but the enemy did not come back. But the journey was not wasted as while coming back the PROPHET PBUH managed to convert a large number of surroundings to Muslims and moved them to Islam. And those who did not accept Islam agreed to pay the tax to the Muslims and in turn the Muslims will provide them protection.
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