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

THE LIVES OF THE SAIIABAl-I '@G&@> (Ifol-1) 543
Hadhrat Khaalid $iEU5 kills Hurmuz
Hadhrat Aws bin Haaritha bin Laam %E=j narrates, "There was none who hated
the (Muslim) Arabs more than Hurmuz. After we had finished fighting Musaylama
and his people, we marched towards Basrah. We clashed with Hurmuz with an
extremely large army at a place called Kaadhima. Khaalid %GW stepped
forward and challenged Hurmuz to a duel. Hurmuz accepted the challenge and
Khaalid %Uh32 killed him. When Hadhrat Khaalid %X5Wj wrote to Hadhrat Abu
Bakr S,Gw about this, Hadhrat Abu Bakr %GW awarded Hurmuz's
belongings to Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed ~,GW. Hurmuz's crown was
valued at a hundred thousand Dirhams because the Persians always gave their
leaders crowns valued at a hundred thousand Dirhams."
Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed 3,Gwj Weeps as He
Passes Away on his Bed
Hadhrat Abu Zinaad narrates that when Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed %EW was
about to pass away, he started weeping. He named the various battles he had
participated in and said, "There is not an area on my body equal to a hand's
span that does not have wound inflicted on it either by a sword, a spear or an
arrow. However, here I am dying a natural death on my bed like a camel dies.
May the eyes of cowards never have any sleep." (2)
The Bravery of Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik %,G&
Hadhrat Anas %,Gw reports that during the Battle of Yamaamah, Hadhrat
Khaalid bin Waleed %,Gw said to Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik 3GW, "Stand up,
0 Baraa!" When Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik 3Gw mounted his horse, he praised
Allaah and said, "0 people of Madinah! There should be no Madinah for you
today (you should prepare yourselves to die in Jihaad and not return to
Madinah). All that should remain for you should be the One Allaah and Jannah."
He then led the attack with the others and the people of Yamaamah were
defeated. Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik 3GW; encountered (the enemy leader)
Mukakkam Yamaamah and floored him with a blow from his sword. He then
took Muhakkam's sword and struck him so forcefully that the sword broke. (3)
Another narration quotes that Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik 3E=j said, "On the day
that we fought Musaylama, I encountered a man who was called the donkey of
Yamaamah. He was a large and powerfully built man who carried a white sword.
When I struck his legs, they came off as if by mistake and he fell on his back. I
then sheathed my sword, took his and attacked him with it until it broke." (4)
Hadhrat Baraa bin Maalik %GW Scales a Wall
and Fights the Enemy all by Himself
Ibn Is'haaq narrates that the Muslims drove back the Mushrikeen during the
(1) Haakim (Vo1.3 Pg.299).
(2) Waaqidi, as quoted in AlBidaaya wan Nihaaya (Vo1.7 Pg. l 14).
(3) Sarraaj in his Taareekh.
(4) Baghawi, as quoted in Isaaba (Vol. 1 Pg. 143).