the first caliph - part four - the conquest of persia




THE PRESERVATION OF THE QURAN



CHALLENGING THE SUPERPOWERS OF THE WORLD - After subduing all the rebels the entire Arabian Peninsula returned to the authority of



Islam. The prophet SAW had instructed the Muslim armies to campaign to Palestine before his death; thus Abu Bakr RA organized the army tocampaign against the Romans. Khalid Ibn Walid RA who was stationed in the East after defeating Musaylamah requested permission to engage the Persian empire. Abu Bakr RA agreed.



TAKING ON THE SUPER POWERS OF THE WORLD



THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA

The First Caliph 5

Shaykh Muhammad West spent most of is youth growing up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Muhammad West went on to complete a degree in Islamic theology and dawa at the Islamic University of Madina while studying a degree in accounting science through the University of South Africa via correspondence concurrently.

Muhammad West returned to Cape Town in 2011 where he qualified as a chartered accountant of South Africa.

Muhammad West is a married father of 3, the resident imam of the Boorhaanol Islam mosque and senior accountant at one of the world’s largest clothing retailers.