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

228 WE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @%%% (Vol-I)
In the name of Allaah The Most Kind The Most Merciful
From Khaalid bin Waleed-
To Rustay, Mahraan and the Persian leadership
Peace be on those who follow the guidance. i
We invite you to accept Islaam. should you refuse, you may pay the
by hand as subjects. ~f you refuse even this, then I have people
&th me who love to be killed while fighting in the path of Allaah more
than you Persians love wine.
Peace be on those who follow the guidance.
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed %Ei@ Writes to the
People of Madaa'in
Hadhrat Sha'bi >W&lGj narrates that Banu Buqayla read to him the letter that
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed WBl3&% wrote to the people of Madaa'in. It read:
From Khaalid bin Waleed
To the Persian leadership
Peace be on those who follow the guidance.
All praises belong to Allaah Who has fragmented your unity, taken away
your kingdom and weakened your plans. Take note that whoever
performs our salaah, faces our Qibla and eats what we slaughter, he is
a Muslim who shall enjoy the privileges we have and also bear the
responsibilities we bear.
After this I wish to add that when this letter reaches you, you should
send securities to me (to ratify our peace agreement) and you may rest
assured that I shall give you. your protection. Othewise, I swear by. the
Being besides Whom there is no other deity that I shall dispatch against
you people who love death as you love life.
When the Persians in the Madaa'in district read this letter, they were taken aback.
This occurred in the year 12 A.H.
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed !?BGw Writes to Hwrmwz
Imaam Sha'bi 7W&lw says(') that Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed B,Gm wrote a
letter to Hurmuz before he left with Uzaadhiba the father of Ziyaadhiba, who was
from Yamaamah. In those days, Hurmuz was'in charge of defending the Persian
borders. The letter read:
Accept Islaam and you dl remain safe. Otherwise you may subject yourself
and yow people to our protection and accept to pay the Jizy. If not, you ha ye
none but yourself to blame for I shall march @th people who love death as
(1) IbnJareer (Vo1.2 Pg.553).
(2) Ibn Jareer in his Taareekh (Vo1.2 Pg.554).