Who Was Pope Urban II? Who preached the First Crusade in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history67 / 76

البابا أوربان الثاني

Pope Urban II

Who preached the First Crusade1095 CE

Relied onPromising forgiveness for war

Undone byDeath, before the news came

At Clermont in 1095 he called the knights of Europe to march east and take Jerusalem, promising forgiveness of sins to those who went.

How it ended

The Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099 and killed much of its Muslim and Jewish population. Urban died two weeks later, before the news reached Rome.

Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.
Quran 2:190

The lessonEighty-eight years later Salahuddin retook the city and spared its people.

In the Quran

2:190 17:1

Stood against: the people of Jerusalem
Source: Recorded by historiansHis speech survives in several differing accounts by chroniclers. Ibn al-Athir describes the killing in al-Aqsa.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.