I've been learning the seerah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for the last few months from Yasir Qadhi's playlist on youtube. The last videos I watched were about the Battle of Badr so I have some questions

The people of AlMadina almonawara participated in this battle, while there was a clause in Sahifat Almadina sentenced that they would protect the Prophet in the (borders) of almadina, and it's known that this battle were in the planes of Badr. so? Is there an other clause for protecting the Prophet even outside the madina?
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) told the mujahidon that banu Hashim shall not be killed because they were forced to participate, at the same time yasir qadhi mentioned many others who were also forced for this but their bloods weren't expected from being killed as the blood of banu hashim, I want to understand why this?
While Abu Sufian ibn alHarith was telling Abu Lahab about what happened in the battle he told him (according to yasir qadhi) that he could see the angles fighting along with the Muslims against them (Quraish), my question is: this guy is neither a prophet nor messenger, he was a human being with no supernatural power, still worshipping idols at the time. I understand that Allah sent snd created miracles as a proof for all Prophets and messengers but my point is angles, satans, and jins are supernatural creatures and we are not able to see or recognize them in this life, except on the death bed {•

So your sight, this Day, is sharp}. Could it even be true? That Abu Sufian witnessed angles?

The Muslims took many hostages, the Prophet commanded that just two of them (Uqbah ibn Abi Mu'ayt and Nadr ibn al-Harith) shall be executed, the other hostages won't be free unless their relatives pay ransom or if they teach the people of madina how to read and write. Why those two weren't put on the same situation as the other hostages were put in?

Could anyone who has a profound knowledge answer my questions please?

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Video Why did the Islamic golden age end? Dr. Roy Casagranda

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Season two of Lessons from the Past continues with Dr. Roy Casagranda examining the Islamic Golden Age, the extraordinary intellectual achievements that shaped the medieval world, and the complex historical forces that contributed to its decline.

Challenging the idea that the Islamic Golden Age belonged to a single religion, civilization, or geographic center, this lecture traces the preservation and rediscovery of ancient knowledge through Persia, the Abbasid Caliphate, and the great intellectual centers of Baghdad, Damascus, and Córdoba. Dr. Roy explores how scholars from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds contributed to a remarkable period of scientific discovery, philosophical inquiry, and cultural exchange.

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Rather than attributing the end of the Islamic Golden Age to a single event, the lecture examines the gradual fragmentation of political power, changing systems of patronage, the Crusades, the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, religious and philosophical tensions, and the devastating effects of the Black Death. Throughout, Dr. Roy challenges the assumption that intellectual progress ended when empires collapsed.

Ultimately, this lecture explores a larger question about the rise and decline of civilizations: how knowledge is preserved, how societies become complacent, and what happens when intellectual curiosity gives way to the comforts of established power. Connecting the medieval world to contemporary concerns about artificial intelligence and human thinking, Dr. Roy considers the lasting legacy of the Islamic Golden Age and the lessons it offers for our future.

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00:00 Introduction: Rethinking the Islamic Golden Age
06:50 Religion and Cultural Exchange in Córdoba
11:35 Ancient Knowledge and Lost Technologies
18:00 Persia and the Preservation of Classical Knowledge
22:26 The Abbasids and the House of Wisdom
30:15 Scientific and Intellectual Breakthroughs
40:27 The Great Scholars and Polymaths
49:42 The Transmission of Knowledge to Europe
54:46 Why Civilizations Decline
01:02:09 The Fragmentation of the Arab Empire
01:08:05 Political Patronage and Intellectual Life
01:14:20 Barbastro and the Origins of the Crusades
01:20:20 The Mongol Invasions and the Fall of Baghdad
01:26:45 Faith, Philosophy, and Intellectual Change
01:31:35 The Black Death and Its Aftermath
01:37:11 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Thought
01:42:02 Final Reflections

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