Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Sword Of Allah

your nation, and among them are seventy thousand who will enter the Garden without
reckoning or punishment'."
He then got up and entered his house, and the people began speculating about those
special believers. Some of them said, "Perhaps they are those who accompanied the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." Others said, "Perhaps
they are those who were born in Islam and so never associated any partners with Allah
at all." Others said various things.
Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to
them and they informed him of their discussion, so he said, "They are those who do
not seek spiritual cures for physical ailments, who do not practice cauterisation, and
who do not draw omens, but put their trust totally in their Lord."
So 'Ukkashah bin Mihsan stood up and said, "Pray to Allah to make me among them."
He replied, "You are among them."
Another man stood up and said, "Pray to Allah to make me among them."
He replied, "'Ukkashah beat you to it."1
Of the false prophets who remained after the death of Aswad, the first to clash with the
Muslims was Tulaiha bin Khuwailid. He was a chief of the tribe of Bani Asad, and had
been opposing the Holy Prophet off and on for many years.
Tulaiha first showed his hostility to Islam three months after the Battle of Uhud.
Believing that the Muslims had been badly hurt in that battle, he got his clan together
with the intention of raiding Madinah and thus exploiting what he regarded as a fine
opportunity; but the Prophet came to know of the concentration of the clan and sent a
mounted column of 150 horsemen to deal with it. Before Tulaiha could get wind of this
counter-move the Muslim horsemen were upon him. The infidels scattered without a
fight, and the Muslims captured the flocks of the clan and drove them off to Madinah as
spoils. This setback so discredited Tulaiha in the eyes of his tribe that he had to lie low
for a while.
Then he took part in the Battle of the Ditch. Responding eagerly to the invitation of the
Jews to take up arms against the Muslims, he got together a contingent from the Bani
Asad and commanded it in the coalition that besieged Madinah. When Abu Sufyan
withdrew from Madinah, the Bani Asad also returned to their settlements. Again Tulaiha
got nowhere.
The next occasion on which he opposed the Muslims was their campaign against the Jews
of Khaibar in 628 (7 Hijri). The Bani Asad, operating under Tulaiha, sided with the Jews.
During the movement of the Muslim army towards Khaibar, Tulaiha fought a number of
minor engagements with the Muslims but was worsted every time. Then he pulled out his
forces and abandoned the Jews to their fate.
Two years later, during the 'Year of Delegations', the Bani Asad sent a delegation to
Madinah which offered submission to the Prophet. The whole tribe accepted Islam, but
like many other tribes of Arabia its conversion was a matter of political convenience
rather than genuine belief. Outwardly Tulaiha also embraced Islam. Whether infidel or
Muslim Tulaiha continued to enjoy considerable influence in his tribe as a chief and a
soothsayer. He would foretell the future, dabble in clairvoyance and recite poetry.
During the illness of the Prophet, in fact a few days before the Prophet died, Tulaiha
made a bid for independence. He declared himself a prophet! He called upon his people
to follow him, and many did. When word arrived of the Holy Prophet's death, he