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Sayf ad-Dîn (popularly known as Safadin in the West), should marry his
siter Joanna. So admirable was Saladins character that his worst enemy who had
traveled over 2000 miles to eliminate him, ended up offering his own sister to his
family. This is the result of Perfect Islaamic Ikhlaq and Adab.
Salahuddin Ayyubi (Saladin) is noted in the books of history to have given medical
help to his opponent Richard the Lion-Heart of England, who was seriously ill during
the Crusades. He sent his own doctor and personally supervised Richard's
treatment until he became well.
This is in contrast with the behavior of the invading Crusaders for when they
entered Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, they slaughtered seventy thousand
Muslims, including women, children, and the elderly: "They broke children's
skulls by knocking them against the wall, threw babies from roof tops, roasted men
over fires and cut open women's bellies to see if they had swallowed any gold."
Contrary to the terms of the truce, the Christian ruler Renaud or Reginald of
Chatillon attacked a Muslim caravan passing by his castle, massacred a large
number of people and looted their property.
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