Muhammad bin Qasim bin Yusuf was born in Taif in the year 31 December 695 AD to a famous family of the Saqafi tribe, his honorific epithet is Imaduddinعمادالدین. In the period of Abdul Malik bin Marwan. Hajjaj bin Yusuf was appointed the supreme ruler of the Eastern States (Iraq). Hajjaj bin Yusuf appointed his uncle Qasim as the governor of Basra. Muhammad bin Qasim moved with his father from Taif to Basra, where he received his education and training. Hajjaj bin Yusuf established the city of Wasit for the training of his special troops. Muhammad bin Qasim received military training in this city. Thus, at the age of only seventeen, Muhammad bin Qasim emerged as a military commander.
Muhammad bin Qasim used to hear a lot about Sindh. There were wars in this area even during the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. During the reign of Hazrat Amir Muawiyah, the Makran region was conquered.
In 88 Hijri the king of the island of Yaqut (Ceylon) sent a ship to Iraq to establish good relations with the Arabs, carrying orphans and widowed Muslim women. When the ship passed through the port of Sindh (Debal), some people of Sindh looted the ship. Hajjaj bin Yusuf demanded the release of the ship and the Muslim women from the king of Sindh. But he refused to be released. Hajjaj bin Yusuf marched twice but failed. When Hajjaj bin Yusuf became convinced that Muslim women and army men were imprisoned in the Devil's prisons and that the king of Sindh did not want to release them because of enmity with the Arabs, Hajjaj bin Yusuf decided to conquer all areas of Sindh. Therefore, in 90 Hijri, a large army was sent to Sindh under the leadership of Muhammad bin Qasim.Muhammad bin Qasim conquered innumerable areas of Sindh in just 2 years, till 92 Hijri. In 92 Hijri, a decisive battle was fought with the Sindhi army under the leadership of Raja Dahir of Sindh, in which the Raja of Sindh was killed, and the Arabs were victorious under the leadership of Muhammad bin Qasim.Muhammad bin Qasim became the conqueror of Sindh at the age of only seventeen years. Till 95 Hijri, other areas of Sindh and even some areas of Punjab were conquered by the Arabs under the leadership of Muhammad bin Qasim.
As soon as Muhammad bin Qasim decided to enter India (present-day India) after his conquest of Sindh, the new king Suleiman bin Abdul Malik ordered him to return to Iraq immediately. After Walid bin Abdul Malik, Sulayman bin Abdul Malik became the caliph. Relations with the families of the new caliphs Sulaiman bin Abdul Malik and Muhammad bin Qasim have not been good. Muhammad bin Qasim believed that I had to invite Janamut back to Iraq. The people of Sindh and the army officials forbade Muhammad bin Qasim to return. But Muhammad bin Qasim refused to disobey the caliph's order and returned to Iraq. Sulayman bin 'Abd al-Mulk imprisoned Muhammad bin Qasim out of hatred and obstinacy. Give trouble in different ways. On 18 July 715 AD, in the age of 23 he died in Mosul, Iraq.
Death:
When Muhammad bin al-Qasim was thinking of going to the army of conquest to the borders of the countries of India, and the new caliph’s order, Suleiman bin Abdul Malik, arrived to go to Iraq, the young believer bowed to God’s cause, knowing that his fate was perishing, not for a sin he committed, but for the misfortune that occurred, because of Some political behaviour from his relative, the Hajjaj Bin Yusufحجاج بن يوسف الثقفى, and the sad boy prepared to travel, so the mass crowds went out to see him in tears, sad, the Arabs were not alone crying about his fate, but the people of Sindh from Muslims, even Brahmans and Buddhists, they shed torrential tears, and they begged him to remain in Sindh, and they will stand behind him if the danger knocked on his door, but his own fatherhood refused to violate the caliph's order.
Muhammad bin al-Qasim arrived in Iraq, and the governor of Iraq, Salih bin Abdul Rahman, bound him in chains, sent him to Wasit City Prison because of his enmity to the Hajjaj Bin Yusuf, and there he tortured him for months with various types of torture until he died in the year 95 of the Hijrah.
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