Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Futuhushdm
'Amr bin Ma'dikarab az-Zubaydi, 'A~im bin 'Arnr al-Qaysi and 'Abdurahman bin
Abi Bakr?
They all answered, "We are at your service."
.Qiriir ~ was absent due to an eye disease.
Khalid ~ called out, "Come." and was already clad in the armour ofMusaylamah al-
Kaththab which he had taken from him at the Battle of Yamamah. He wore his
battle-gear, mounted his horse and called out to his slave, Hammam, "Come with me
to see amazing things."
As they all left, Khalid ~ asked, "0 Sa'id, did Jabalah tell you from where the
governor of Qinsarin will be coming?
Sa 'id ~ : Yes, AbU Sulayman, he told me.
Khalid ~ : Take us to Jabalah's road. When the patrician comes, we will deceive him
just as he deceived us and destroy him and all those with him.
Sa'Id ~ went in front of them to guide them. They travelled hard that night in the
direction of the Christian army. When they came close to their fires and heard their
voices, Sa'Id ~ turned in the direction of the patrician's road and hid with his
companions. By dawn nobody pitched up, so Khalid ~ led them in Saliitul Fajr in
their place of ambush. While they were there, they saw the armies of Jabalah and the
governor of Amorium heading towards al-'Awii~im and Qinsarin.
So the Muslims said to Khalid ~, "0 AbU Sulayman, do you not see that this army
is equal to thorns and trees in number?"
He replied, "Their numbers will be of no avail to them when we have Allah with us.
Go and mix with them as if you are part of their army until we can get to the
governor of Qinsarin and then Allah will do and choose as He wills."
So they mixed with the Christians, but remained together.
25) Luke captured
Raft' bin 'Umayrah narrates:
We crossed the ceasefire line into al-'Awii~im and Qinsarin and saw the patrician
coming to welcome us (the Christian army). He came out with a cross in front of him
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