Sword of Allah: Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns

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I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and his own mission. These, and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every trouble." According to the most common account in the Muslim traditional sources, Khalid's army encountered Malik and eleven of his clansmen from the Yarbu in 632. The Yarbu did not resist, proclaimed their Muslim faith and were escorted to Khalid's camp. Khalid had them all executed over the objection of an Ansarite, who had been among the captors of the tribesmen and argued for the captives' inviolability due to their testaments as Muslims. Afterward, Khalid married Malik's widow Umm Tamim bint al-Minhal. When news of Khalid's actions reached Medina, Umar, who had become Abu Bakr's chief aide, pressed for Khalid to be punished or relieved of command, but Abu Bakr pardoned him. [46]

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Khalid is credited by the early sources for being the most effective commander of the conquests, including after his dismissal from the supreme command. [182] He is considered "one of the tactical geniuses of the early Islamic period" by Donner. [111] The historian Carole Hillenbrand calls him "the most famous of all Arab Muslim generals", [183] and Humphreys describes him as "perhaps the most famous and brilliant Arab general of the Riddah wars and the early conquests". [90] In Kennedy's assessment, Khalid was "a brilliant, ruthless military commander, but one with whom the more pious Muslims could never feel entirely comfortable". [184] While recognizing his military achievements, the early Islamic sources present a mixed assessment of Khalid due to his early confrontation with Muhammad at Uhud, his reputation for brutal or disproportionate actions against Arab tribesmen during the Ridda wars and his military fame which disturbed the pious early converts. [18]

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Agha, Ibrahim Akram. The Muslim Conquest of Spain. Pakistan: Oxford University Press, Pakistan. p.265. ISBN 978-0-19-597715-8. Agha, Ibrahim Akram. The Muslim Conquest of Persia. Pakistan: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-597713-4. The traditional sources place the final suppression of the Arab tribes of the Ridda wars before March 633, though Caetani insists the campaigns must have continued into 634. [36] The tribes in Bahrayn may have resisted the Muslims until the middle of 634. A number of the early Islamic sources ascribe a role for Khalid on the Bahrayn front after his victory over the Hanifa. Shoufani deems this improbable, while allowing the possibility that Khalid had earlier sent detachments from his army to reinforce the main Muslim commander in Bahrayn, al-Ala al-Hadhrami. [63]

So sharp was the edge of the ‘sword’! It simply conquered the hearts, the bodies yielded automatically. Perhaps one of the most brilliant biographies written on the Companion of the Prophet (SAWS), Khalid bin Al-Waleed, Sword of Allah. Zein, Ibrahim; El-Wakil, Ahmed (2020). "Khālid b. al-Wālid's Treaty with the People of Damascus: Identifying the Source Document through Shared and Competing Historical Memories". Journal of Islamic Studies. 31 (3): 295–328. doi: 10.1093/jis/etaa029. Elisséeff, Nikita (1986). "Kinnasrīn". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.& Pellat, Ch. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume V: Khe–Mahi (2nded.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp.124–125. ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.

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I have fought in many battles seeking martyrdom that there is no spot on my body without a wound made from a sword, lance or arrow. Yet now I lay dying on my bed like an old camel. May the eyes of cowards never find joy”. The Sword of Allah Khalid Bin Waleed, The Muslim Conquest of Persia, The Muslim Conquest of Egypt and North Africa Indian, noted Tamil writer and journalist; worked as a News Editor in Dr. M. Karunanidhi's daily Murasoli for 17 years. Worked with three former Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu. Received Kalimamani Award from T.N Government in 1982. Athamina doubts the Islamic traditional narrative that Abu Bakr directed Khalid to launch a campaign in Iraq, citing Abu Bakr's disinterest in Iraq at a time when the Muslim state's energies were focused principally on the conquest of Syria. [84] Unlike Syria, Iraq had not been the focus of Muhammad's or the early Muslims' ambitions, nor did the Quraysh maintain trading interests in the region dating to the pre-Islamic period as they had in Syria. [85] According to Shaban, it is unclear if Khalid requested or received Abu Bakr's sanction to raid Iraq or ignored objections by the caliph. [41] Athamina notes hints in the traditional sources that Khalid initiated the campaign unilaterally, implying that the return of the Muhajirun in Khalid's ranks to Medina following Musaylima's defeat likely represented their protest of Khalid's ambitions in Iraq. [86] Shaban holds that the tribesmen who remained in Khalid's army were motivated by the prospect of war booty, particularly amid an economic crisis in Arabia which had arisen in the aftermath of the Ridda campaigns. [41] Early military career Opposition to Muhammad Map showing troop placements and maneuvers of the Battle of Uhud, where Khalid and his horsemen routed a Muslim force led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 625Zein, Ibrahim; El-Wakil, Ahmed (2020-09-01). "Khālid b. al-Wālid's Treaty with the People of Damascus: Identifying the Source Document through Shared and Competing Historical Memories". Journal of Islamic Studies. 31 (3): 295–328. doi: 10.1093/jis/etaa029. ISSN 0955-2340. His sword Dhu’l-Fiqaar was acquired as booty at the battle of Badr, and it is the one that was shown in dreams. Elisséeff, Nikita (1965). "Dimashk". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch.& Schacht, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume II: C–G (2nded.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp.277–291. OCLC 495469475. Born in Mecca, Arabia, around 592 CE, Khalid bin Walid belonged to the prominent Banu Makhzum tribe. He hailed from a noble lineage and grew up in a society characterized by tribal rivalries and pre-Islamic traditions. Before embracing Islam, Khalid was a fierce warrior known for his prowess on the battlefield. Conversion to Islam and Loyalty to the Prophet