History of Islam Vol 2 of 3 by Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

Chapter 2
Caliphate of Banu Umayyah
(Second Phase)
Waleed bin Abdul Malik
Abul Abbas Waleed bin Abdul Malik bin Marwan was bom in 50 A.H.
and at
caliph.
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the age of 36, following his fathers death, he sat on the throne as
Since he was brought up in a pampered way, he was deficient in
and lacked knowledge and virtue. After the funeral of his father
he went to Central Mosque and delivered a sermon saying:
"O people! No one can push the man into the rear that Allah pushes to
the
forefront and no one can push the man to the forefront that Allah
pushes into the rear. Death was in the ancient knowledge of Allah
which He has made inevitable for all the prophets and the righteous,
Allah has made the responsible of this "Ummah" (community) a man
who makes up his mind to discipline the criminals treat the men of
virtue and righteousness mildly and maintain the limits of the Shariah
(system of Islamic law). He has a mind to perform Hajj, declare Jihad
(literally: struggle; In Islam it means fighting or struggling in the way
of Allah) on the borders and to keep attacking the enemies of the
religion. He wants Neither to be lazy, nor to exceed the limits in this