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Saladin stated this after King Richard of England proposed that Saladin's brother,

Sayf ad-Dn !pop"larly no$n as %Safadin in the est(, sho"ld )arry his

siter *oanna+ So ad)irable $as Saladins character that his $orst ene)y $ho had

traeled oer 2... )iles to eli)inate hi), ended "p offering his o$n sister to his

fa)ily+ /his is the res"lt of 0erfect 1slaa)ic %1hla and %dab+

Salah"ddin yy"bi !Saladin( is noted in the boos of history to hae gien )edical

help to his opponent Richard the 4ion-5eart of England, $ho $as serio"sly ill d"ring

the 6r"sades+ 5e sent his o$n doctor and personally s"perised Richard's

treat)ent "ntil he beca)e $ell+

/his is in contrast $ith the behaior of the inading 6r"saders for $hen they

entered *er"sale) on *"ly 7, 7.99, they sla"ghteredseventy thousand

Muslims, including women, children, and the elderly: "They broke children's

skulls by knocking them against the wall, threw babies from roof tops, roasted men

over fires and cut open women's bellies to see if they had swallowed any gold."

Contrary to the terms of the truce, the Christian ruler Renaud or Reginald of

Chatillon attacked a Muslim caravan passing by his castle, massacred a large

number of people and looted their property.

To their remonstrances the lord of Karak

jeeringly echoed the taunts of the chief priests at

Calvary: Since they trusted in Mohammad, let

Mohammad come and save them! year later

he had "itter cause to repent his jest# $n hearing

of the outrage, Saladin s%ore a great oath that he

%ould kill the truce&"reaker %ith his o%n hand'

and the vo% %as kept#

Saladin camped on the field of "attle# (hen

his tent %as pitched, he ordered the prisoners to

"e "rought "efore him# The King of )erusalem

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and *eginald of Ch+tillon he received in his tent'

he seated the King near himself, and seeing his

thirst, he gave him a cup of %ater iced in sno%#

uy drank, and passed the cup to the lord of

Karak: "ut Saladin %as visi"ly annoyed# Tellthe King, he said to the interpreter, that it %as

he, not -, that gave that man drink# The

protection of "read and salt %as not to "aulk

his vengeance# Then he rose and confronted

*eginald, %ho %as still standing: T%ice have -

s%orn to kill him' once %hen he sought to

invade the holy cities, and again %hen he took

the caravan "y treachery# . /o! - %ill avengeMohammed upon thee! nd he dre% his s%ord

and cut him do%n %ith his o%n hand, as he had

s%orn# The guard finished it and dragged the

"ody out of the tent' and od sped his soul to

0ell#

The King, trem"ling at the sight, "elieved his o%n turn %as no% coming,

"ut Saladin reassured him: -t is not the custom of kings to slay kings'

"ut that man had transgressed all "ounds, so %hat happened, happened#

The t%o

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Suggested Readings:

Muslim Heroes of The Crusades

Shahbaz Husain

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Salah Ad-Din Al-Ayyubi (Saladin)- Hero of the Battle of Hattin and the

Liberator of Jerusalem from the CrusadersShaykh Abdullah Nasih Ulwan 'Ha(d)*llah+

ar *l-&alam, gypt

Noble Dynasties- The History of Nur Ad-Din and Saladin

Imam Abu Shamah Abd Ar-rahman al-Maqsidi 'Rahimullah+ //0*H-11/ *H

2slamic ducation 3oundation, gypt

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