How this man raised a fort door with one hand!

 The battle of khaybar which had many miracles is one of the most remarkable battles for Muslims. It took place in 628 CE between Muslims led my prophet Mohammed and jews living in khaybar.

The leaders of jews were not pleased by their expulsion from their homes. Three main leaders Salam ibn Abu al Haqiq, Kinanah ibn Abu al Haqiq, and Huyayy ibn Akhtab were enough to drag the jews in khaybar to battle the muslims. They were driven by an inner hatred and strong desire to return to their homes in Madinah.

Their first move against the Muslims came in the Battle of the Trench, after Allah had aided the Muslims in defending Madinah and defeating the tribes, the Messenger (S.A.W.) felt that it was important to deal with the situation in Khaibar, which had become a source of great danger for the Muslims.

The messenger sent the jews in khaybar an  invatation to accept Islam but they refused and they also did not have an intention to apologize for aiding the enemies of the Muslims.

The Prophet then decided to send a man named Abdullah ibn Atik to deal with the leaders who played a major role behind the incitement against them but they killed him. 

In a consultative meeting, it was decided by the Muslims to take on the enemy outside Madina. A force of 1,400 Muslim fighters (History of Muslims of the World by K.A.Hameed) set out of Madina to protect themselves and their homeland against a Jewish force of more than 14,000 fighters. Before the start of the battle, the Prophet Mohammad took ill. Imam Ali(a.s.) was also not able to participate in this battle in the beginning due to a illness in his eyes.

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The battle started with the siege of the forts at Khyber. The siege continued for a period of about one month. Some individual battles were followed by a general assault from both sides for three continuous days but a decisive result could not be achieved. This was mainly due to the fact that the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) was not commanding the

military moves himself as well as because Imam Ali(a.s.) was not taking part in the battle. Couple of days later the Prophet Mohammad(sawaw) called for Imam Ali. People said that Ali was suffering from a disease in his eyes but the Prophet(sawaw) insisted on him being called and when he arrived, the Prophet(sawaw) applied his saliva on the eyes of Imam Ali(a.s.) which cured him instantly and then he prayed to Allah(swt) and awarded him the standard of Islam.

Imam Ali(a.s.) led the Islamic forces to the strongest fort of Khyber named QAMOOS and when they came near, the battle was started by the Jews. One of their strongest man, Haris, attacked and martyred two Muslims after which Imam Ali(a.s.) took on Haris and killed him instantly. He was followed by the strongest man among the Jews - Marhab. Marhab faced the same fate. His body was equally divided into two parts by the zulfiqar of Imam Ali. 

After this, general battle started. The Muslim forces fought with a lot of courage under the leadership of Imam Ali(a.s.). Upon realizing that they were losing the battle, the Jews started running towards the fort and closed the huge iron gate of the fort from inside. This was the gate which was so heavy that jews needed 40 men to open or close the gate. 

Imam Ali alone lifted and broke the gate in one strong jolt. He then used the same gate to make a bridge on a trench so that the Islamic forces could enter the fort and conquer it. The remaining frightful Jews cried of mercy and Imam Ali ordered to stop the battle and declare peace for them who had surrendered. One after the other, the Muslim fighters under the leadership of Imam Ali conquered various forts of this stronghold and completed the grand victory of Islamic forces over the Jews.

Imam Ali bin abi Thalib later was one of the greatest leaders in the Islamic history.