Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

mE LIVES OF THE. SAhXdAH @,G@$> (Vol-1) 141
Rasulullaah @@ Dispatches Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Waleed s.E$i&j to Yemen
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib ~ , = narrates that he was among the group that
~asulullaah @@ dispatched to Yemen under the leadership of Hadhrat Khaalid
bin Waleed @3W to invite t$e people of Yemen to Islaam They stayed there for
six months but no one wasiprepared to accept Islaam. Thereafter, Rasulullaah
p&g sent Hadhrat Ali ",' ""'"
&sJl;;&j with instructions to relieve Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Waleed $3Gm and to send him back withahis men except those who preferred
to remain behind with Hadhrat Ali 9,WLG.
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib 9.C.Y& narrates that he was one of those who remained
behind with Hadhrat Ali WG%5. When Hadhrat Ali %$GW and the Muslims drew
close to the people of Yemen, they also marched forward to meet the Muslims.
Hadhrat Ali ",' ""'"
S,hi then stepped forward and led the Muslims in salaah.
Thereafter, he formed the Muslims into a single row, stepped forward in front of
the Muslims and read ouy the letter that Rasulullaah had written. In
response to this, the entire Hamdaan tribe accepted Islaam. Hadhrat Ali %lGw
then wrote to Rasulullaah to inform him that the Hamdaan tribe had
accepted Islaam. When Rasulullaah @@ read the letter, he fell into Sajdah and
then lifted his head and prayed, "Peace be to the Hamdaan! Peace be to the
Hamdaan!" (')
Rasulullaah @g Dispatches Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Waleed 3%&.2j to Najraan
Ibn Is'haaq narrates that Rasulullaah @@ once dispatched Hadhrat Khaalid bin
Waleed ';:',""* "'
9sJl;;& to Najraan with instructions to invite the Banu Haarith bin Ka'b to
Islaam for three days before engaging them in battle. Rasulullaah @@ told him
that if the people accept Islaam, he should accept it from them, otherwise he
should commence battle proceedings. Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed ~,Gi;ws left
Madinah and when he arrived in Najraan, he sent riders in every direction to
meet the people and invite them to Islaam saying, "0 people! Acept Islaam and
remain in peace." Consequently, all the people accepted Islaam and entered the
Deen they had beeninvited towards. Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed %BW stayed
with the people to teach them Islaam, the Qur'aan and the Sunnah of
Rasulullaah @?%! according to the directives that Rasulullaah @@ had given to
him in the event that the people accepted Islaam without fighting. Hadhrat
Khaalid bin Waleed !&G$3G the wrote the following letter Rasulullaah @@:
The Letter Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed B,G@ Sent
5' 91' Y
to Rasulullaah @&
In the name of Allaah the Most Kind, the Most Merciful
To Muhammad the Nabi and Rasool of Allaah @@
(1) Bayhaqi. Bukhari has also narrated it in brief as mentioned in Al Bidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.105
Q.5).