Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Part 4: Baytul Muqaddas
The first to arrive was Khalid ~. He and his men raised cries of "Allahu Akbar!
Allahu Akbar!" to such an extent that the people became alarmed and their hearts
shook. They climbed up the city walls and upon seeing his small force, thought that
it was the entire army and considered it quite petty. Khalid ~ camped at the Jericho
Gate.
On the second day, Yazid bin Abi Sufyan ~ arrived; Shurahbil bin Hasanah ~ on
the third; al-Mirqal on the fourth; al-Musayyib bin Najiyah on the fifth; Qays bin
Hubayrah on the sixth and 'Urwah bin Muhalhil, who camped near the ar-Ramlah
roads, arrived on the seventh day.
'Abdullah bin 'Amir bin Rabi'ah al-Gha!fani narrates:
Every Muslim who arrived at Baytul Muqaddas proclaimed, "Allahu Akbar!" and
performed S-aliih for as long as Allah desired him to. He would then beseech Allah
for victory against the enemies.
In other reports Yazid ~ was sent first while AbU 'Ubaydah ~, Khalid ~, the
remainder of the army, the women, the children, the animals and all the booty Allah
had granted to the Muslims remained at their place.
2) The siege of Baytul Muqaddas
For three days not so much as a duel took place. The enemy neither sent an envoy
nor spoke to the Muslims in any way. Instead, they heavily fortified their walls with
catapults, swords, shields and assorted weaponry.
AI-Musayyib bin Najiyah al-Fazarl narrates:
We had not come to any city in all of Syria which was more highly decorated and
equipped than Baytul Muqaddas. The people of every place we came to became
feeble, and despair and fear entered their hearts - not so Baytul Muqaddas. We
besieged them for three days but not a single one of them came to speak to us. All
they did was show off their tight security and defences.
On the fourth day a bedouin said to Shurahbil ~, "0 commander, it is as if these
people are deaf and cannot hear us or dumb and cannot speak to us or blind and
cannot see us. Lead us in an attack against them."
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