July 4, 1187 was the historic day when the Muslims defeated the Crusaders under the leadership of Sultan Saladin Ayubi in the Battle of Hattin and paved the way for the victory of Bait al-Maqdis. The real reason for the victory in the battle was Saladin’s excellent strategy rather than the clash of swords on the battlefield. Due to which their power to fight the war ended. Salah al-Din deprived the crusaders of large reserves of water, while his own army had plenty of it. Historians write that when the crusaders were unable to move due to thirst, at that time the water in the Islamic army was limited. There were people who were not only drinking but also throwing it on their heads. To make matters worse for the crusaders, the sultan set fire to the dry grass/bushes, the smoke of which became a torment for the crusaders. The heat of July, the iron clothing, the stony path, the thirst and then the smoke of the fire, this was what made the Crusaders feel defeated before the swords clashed. And all this was done by Salah al-Din Ayubi for Islam, the sultan said to his army, ‘Not for my sake, but for the sake of Allah’. That’s why when the armies clashed, they could not wage a crusade, their military leadership was killed and there were so many prisoners that they were sold in Damascus for pairs of shoes. After leaving here, Saladin Ayyubi sent his army to different forts and areas and in a short period of time, dozens of areas were freed from the Crusader occupation, such as Tiberias, Akka, Sada, Beirut, Ashqlan, etc. Then this was the army which, while traveling, arrived outside Al-Quds on September 20, where there was a limited army of crusaders who, after fighting for a short time, accepted defeat and handed over the city to the Muslims. And so in Al-Aqsa Mosque, after many years, the slogan Takbeer was raised again and Muslims prostrated.
