Naval Battle Against the Byzantines

When Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Saad bin Abi Sarh defeated the French and the Berbers in Ifriqiya and Al-Andalus, the Byzantines were outraged and went to Constans II. They prepared an army to fight the Muslims, the likes of which the Muslims had not witnessed since the beginning of Islam. This army consisted of 500 naval fleet, which encountered the Muslims. Amir Mu‘awiyah (ra) appointed Hazrat Abdullah (ra) bin Saad bin Abi Sarh as the commander of the naval fleet. When the two armies faced each other, a severe battle ensued. Eventually, Allah the Almighty granted victory to the Muslims as a result of which Constans II fled along with the remaining army.

(Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. 5 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Fikr, 1998], p. 116) (Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, Vol. 7, [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 2001] pp. 152-153)