Musa Ibn Nusair (640-716) was one of the great tabi'ee Umayyad generals of this Ummah and was in charge of fighting against the Berbel rebels and conquering the rest of North Africa and conquering Andalus or Spain for the Muslims. Hs father Nusair was a christian and actually accepted Islam at the hands of Khalid Ibn Walid. The Muslims had conquered most of North Africa but were constantly under threat from Berber rebels who would continue to attack the Muslim armies. The Ummayyad Khilafah was struggling to to deal with these constant repetitive rebellions but this all changed when Musa Ibn Nusair was appointed as commander.
Musa Ibn Nusair fought the Berber rebels and took all of North African in seven years. What Musa did different was appoint scholars and teachers to every city that he conquered to convert and teach the people that they had conquered to bring them to Islam and stop further rebellions and also to have a future army which would conquer Spain. In 710, the khalifah Al Waleed gave Musa permission to conquer Spain. Spain or Vandalus (later Andalus in Arabic) was ruled by the Visigoths at that time and there was much internal strife and problems which made Spain an easy target for the Muslims. Musa Ibn Nusair attacked Ishbiliyyah (Seville) in 712 with an army of 8000 men and conquered it. Then on Eid Al Fitr conquered Mardas after a siege. Musa Ibn Nusair won Spain for the Muslims along with Tariq Ibn Ziyad. He was a great mujahid at the frontline constantly and a great general who brought the Christian kingdoms of the Visigoths in Spain to a complete end.
He won all his battles and conquered Spain, setting the foundation for one of the greatest empires and civilizations to emerge. It was his conquest that brought light to darkened middle ages of Europe and changed Europe forever. He was the one who conquered a land that would remain in muslim hands for 7 centuries to come and would sprout out the greatest advancements in so many fields that would change the world from then on. After Spain had been captured, Musa Ibn Nusair along with Tariq Ibn Ziyad was summoned to return to Damascus to speak personally about their conquests to the Khalifah Al Waleed. Musa passed away in 716 after conquering Spain in less than 4 years. He was yet another in the line of Mujahid's who did not attain shahadah on the battlefield but died naturally. Musa Ibn Nusair secured North Africa and captured Spain for the Ummah and it was due to his great conquests that the Muslims had such great power. There is one account where it is reported that Musa Ibn Nusair's horse was nearly submerged in the waters to the west of Morroco and he said: "If it had not been for me and my horse drowning, I would have taken Islam to the ends of the earth."
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