Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Part 3: Al - Yarmiik
followed him. I looked at the women. They attacked with the men, in fact they
overtook the men. They stood between the legs of the horses hitting the enemy with
tent-pegs. I saw a woman grabbing a massive Roman who was mounted on a horse.
She clung onto him and would not let go until she had dismounted him and killed
him and said, "This is the manifestation of Allah's help to the Muslims."
Az-Zubayr bin al-' Awwam •• narrates:
The Muslims mounted a heavy attack, desiring nothing besides Allah's pleasure. The
Azd fought under AbU Hurayrah ~. Death spread amongst them until a large number
lay dead. That was because they had borne the brunt of the initial impact and
therefore there were more martyrs from them than from others.
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Sa'id bin Zayd narrates:
The fighting at the right-wing was intense. Sometimes the Muslims fled and then
returned. Sometimes we persevered and sometimes we fell back. Khalid ~ looked at
the right-wing whose retreat had already reached the centre. He called the 6,000
horsemen around him and, proclaiming, "Allahu Akbar!", launched such a ferocious
attack which caused heavy damage to the Romans. They were forced to withdraw
from the right-wing and centre and retreat to their positions. Khalid ~ went to the
front of their ranks driving off any of them close to the Muslims and thus broke their
ranks.
Khalid ~ saw that his men were now spread out. He thus called out, "0 people of
Islam and Faith, 0 bearers of the Quran, 0 Sahiibah of Muhammad ~, defeat has
become apparent to the Romans. They have no strength or power left except that
which you see. Allah has blunted their sharpness so attack and complete their defeat.
May Allah have mercy on you. By Him who hold Khalid's life in His Hand! I have
hope that Allah will put them in your hands." The Muslims responded from every
direction, "Attack and we will attack with you."
He unsheathed his sword and attacked, followed by his men.
'Abdural!man bin al-Humaydi al-Jumahi narrates:
I was amongst those who attacked with Khalid ~. By Allah! The Roman formations
were broken and they fled like sheep flee from a lion. The Muslims then continued
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