Serving God’s Cause (Nusrat al-dEEn

Serving God’s Cause (Nusrat al-dEEn) plotted to eliminate him and his message, and the companions risked their lives and wealth to defend the Prophet, this was the earliest and most profound example of Nusrat al-deen. Likewise, when the righteous Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz sacrificed his own life in his efforts to reform corrupt practices within the Islamic government—an effort for which he was eventually poisoned by the royal family—this also exemplified Nusrat al-deen. In the second century Hijri, when wealth and power fostered a culture of luxury within Islamic society, leading to weakened faith and a decline in devotion to Allah, Hasan al-Basri, embodying poverty and fervor, worked to revive the spiritual life of the Ummah. This was also an example of Nusrat al-deen (support of the faith). Later, as Greek philosophy began influencing Muslim society, causing doctrinal confusion and the emergence of the Khalq al-Quran (The Quran’s createdness) controversy, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal remained firm to defend the truth, which also demonstrated Nusrat al-deen. In the sixth century Hijri, when European nations invaded the Islamic state, penetrating it “as a wedge drives into old wood,” according to English historian Stanley Lane-Poole, Salahuddin Ayyubi, with unwavering faith and great courage, freed the Islamic