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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Battle of Harrah Crimes committed in the Prophet’s Holy Shrine and Mosque (Masjid al-Nabi) It was natural that a group of Medinans took refuge out of despair in the Apostle of Allah (s)'s mosque (Masjid al-Nabi) and Holy mausoleum thinking it to be secured against the Syrian army's invasion. But did the newly converted Syrian Muslims and those trained and reared by the Umayyids show any respect for the Prophet (s) and his mosque?

Or like their commander Yazīd, they would say in their intoxication of victory and arrogance: “Hāshim (Prophet's great grand father and leader of Bani Hashim) has played to acquire the rule ( hukūmat ); there has been no divine revelation (upon Prophet of God), nor any news descended from heaven!” History has mournfully recorded that the Syrain troops didn't show any respect for the Holy Shrine, House and the Mosque of the Prophet (s).

Even the refugees in the Mosque of the Prophet (s) were not secure against the invaders. The Syrian troops mercilessly killed those who took refuge in the mosque of the Prophet (s) and near the Holy grave of Prophet (s). The spilled blood of the innocent covered the mosque floor and reached the Holy grave of Prophet (s). Until the Syrian troops remained in Medina, nobody dared to enter the mosque of Prophet (s).

The mosque was empty of people[^1] and Yazīd's horsemen tied their horses to the pillars in the mosque. Only animals including dogs entered the mosque of Prophet (s) and urinated and defecated on the pulpit ( minber ) of the Prophet (s)! [^2] This was the most heinous aspect of the Syrian invasion that no sane Muslim can accept and tolerate.

It showed how Umayyids had hidden their enemity against Islam and the Prophet (s) and were planning for a long time to take their revenge from Prophet (s), Islam and the Muslims.

Abū Sa'īd Khudrī, the famous companion of the Prophet (s) said: 'By God, for three days when Syrians were busy in plundering, we didn't hear any call for prayers ( azan ) in Medina, except from the grave of Prophet (s)!'[^3] One of the Meccan poets wrote an elegy about the tragedy of Harrah as follows: Yazīd targeted us by Muslim b. 'Uqba, leaving none of our youth alive! He dispatched a massive army, roaring like a torrential sea, to Medina.

They killed residents of Medina with uttermost wrath and violence; leaving the night behind while dead bodies lay scattered around.