Blood bought temple...
14 centuries is the period when entire empires are erased from memory. The Muslim world still remembers the Battle of Muta. He died in the fall of 629 across the Jordan, right at the edge of the Byzantine possessions, where three thousand soldiers went out to meet the army, to which there was no end in sight. Seeing the army, the prophet handed him a white flag and indicated in advance who would carry it: Zaid bin Harisa; Zayd will fall - Jaafar bin Abu Talib; Jafar will fall - Abdullah bin Rawaha. The price of the banner is determined before swords are crossed.
Zaid fell in the first battle. Jafar received the banner. He held it with his right hand until it was cut off, then with his left, and when the left one was cut off, he pressed the flag to his chest with what was left of his hands, and stood there until the last blow. There were 50 wounds on his body - and not one on his back.
Ibn Rawaha got him third and fell next to the first two. The fourth, a simple warrior, did not let the flag fall, and the army, having lost its commanders, retreated, maintaining formation. In the country, those who returned were greeted with dust on their faces and cries of "Escape! " The prophet calmed the crowd and called them differently - those who will return. Three years later, a new army moved to the same places, and it was led by the 18-year-old Osama, Zaid's son. And since then Jaafar has been called the winged: the legend says that in exchange for the hands given to the flag, God gave him two wings.
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