An incident associated with Islamic State in Medina is worth mentioning here to explain brain development and brain gain. The Islamic State under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad (Peace. Be. Upon. Him), organized his companions for an exceptional project to ash-Sham (in recent world the region is known as Syria, Jordan and Palestine). Ash-Sham was governed by Romans; they were super power in that era. Romans were exceedingly accomplished in armed expertise. The companions of the Prophet Muhammad in the Islamic State were sent for a mission to obtain that technology and to employ it for the objectives of Islam. Another example of Muslims’ utilizing technology from foreign nation is Trench technology; which was imitated by Persia who was the second most powerful nation at Prophet Muhammad’s time. Muslims exploited trench technology via Salman Al farsi (May Allah be please with him) who belonged to Persia and it was utilized in the Battle of the Trench (khandak). It was due to this technology that Muslims defended themselves for many days.
Another incident from the life of Prophet Muhammad reveals that how Islam has the tendency to use rival’s brain to benefit its own people. When Muslims encountered at the place of Badar, a number of the prisoners were offered conditional release on teaching ten Muslims. This shows how the state can use foreign individuals for learning schemes. An additional model of brain gaining from Islamic history of Caliphate is Sultan Mehmed ‘the conqueror of Constantinople’. Sultan Mehmed was the Caliph who utilized a German arms expert Orban. Orban was exceedingly accomplished in cannon manufacturing and arms production in the period of Caliph Mehmed. Orban presented his expertise to Byzantines but Caliph Mehmed exceptionally captivated him and presented excellent recompense in return. The Caliph Mehmed granted him a portable foundry where Orban worked and created the biggest cannon of the era known as ‘the Great Turkish Bombard’, which was adequately strong to shatter the fortress of Constantinople and this how Caliph Mehmed conquered Constantinople and liberated the suppressed ones there. It was incredible that Orban’s mortar could transmit 1200 pounds by weight equal five hundred and forty four kilogram ball ranging one mile.
The article is authored by Engineer SM Waqas Imam.