Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

THE LIVES OF THE S W A H @,g@&% (Vol-3) 681
once said to Hadhrat Khaalid W=, "The Romans are so many and the Muslims
so few!" To this, Hadhrat Khaalid $%i??j remarked, "The Muslims are so many
and the Romans so few! An army is large only when they receive Allaah's
assistance and they are few when Allaah does not assist them. Numbers do not
matter. By Allaah! I wish that my (horse) Ashqar recovers from his injury
(incurred because of the long and speedy journey from Iraq to Shaam) and that
the Romans were double in number." (')
What the Enemy had to Say about the
Sahabah ' ~,~@% Gaining Victory over them
The Statement of one of the Apostates Concerning
the Valour of the Sahabah '@3BW
Hadhrat Zuhri reports that after Hadhrat Abu Bakr B,Gw assumed the office of
Khilaafah, some Arabs left the fold of Islaam. Hadhrat Abu Bakr 8Gw then
personally marched against them, but when he reached a watering place near
Baqee, he sensed that the safety of Madinah would be jeopardised. He therefore
returned to Madinah and placed Allaah's Sword Hadhrat Khaalid bin Waleed bin
Mughiera ~,GUG in command of an army. Others were recruited to join him and
Hadhrat Abu Bakr !9Gw's instruction to him was to march to the locality of the
Mudhar tribe, where he was to wage war against all those who forsook Islaam.
He was then to march to Yamaamah to fight Musaylama Kadhaab (false prophet).
Hadhrat Khaalid 3FWj left and it so happened that he first fought Tulayha
Kadhaab Asadi (another false prophet), who was joined by Uyaynah bin Hisn bin
Hudhayfah Fazaari. Allaah gave the Muslims victory.' When Tulayha saw how
badly defeated his troops were, he exclaimed, "Shame on you! Why are you being
defeated so?" One of his men replied saying, "I shall inform you of the reason for
our defeat. There is not a single man amongst us who does not want his
companion to be killed before him. On the other hand, we are fighting people
who would love to be killed before their companions."
Tulayha was a furious fighter and martyred both Hadhrat Ukaasha bin Mihsin
Ww and Hadhrat Ibn Aqram 4-j on that day. However, when the truth
dawned on Tulayha, he left the battlefield on foot and went on to accept Islaam
and enter into the Ihraam for Umrah.. . The narration still goes on.
The Statement the King of Alexandria made to
Hadhrat Amr bin Al Aas %SZwj in this regard
Hadhrat Amr bin A1 Aas 3,w says, "I was the commander of the Muslim army
that marched to Alexandria. The king of the city made a request saying, 'Send out
one of your men to me so that I can speak to him and he can speak to me.' 'None
but I shall go to him,' I said and I left. Both he and I had a translator and two
(1) Ibn Jareer (Vol.2 Pg.594).
(2) Bayhaqi (Vo1.8 Pg.175).