Hundred Great Muslims

KHALID BIN WALEED
The ill-equipped and untrained Arab armies had fought on two fronts at
the same time during the early regime of the Second Caliph. On the Iraqi front
they engaged the large armies of Chosroes, the mighty Persian Emperor and on
the Syrian front they were arrayed against the formidable forces of the Byzantine
Emperor.
The Arabs fought a battle all day long against the formidable Roman
forces in Syria. The issue hung in balance. The Arab warriors assembled in their
camp to review their day's progress. At last a gallant soldier stood up and
addressed them in a resolute voice:
"Brothers! God is with us. We are fight ing for the noble cause of
establishing a regime based on equality. fraternity and justice. Tomorrow
I want to teach a lesson to these Roman hordes."
"What?" enquired a voice.
"I propose to face the sixty thousand sturdy soldiers of Jabla, leader of
Ghassans, with 30 Muslims only. "
"Are you serious, Abu Sulaiman?" enquired the aged Abu Sufian.
"Yes", replied Khalid bin Waleed whose nickname was Abu Sulaiman.
"I think you have overestimated your strength. In this way you would
be playing with the valuable lives of Muslims", retorted Abu Sufian.
"No, not at all. In reality I want to save the valuable lives of Muslims.
In this way I want to overawe the enemy who are proud of their superior
strength and military equipment", replied Khalid bin Waleed.
At last Abu Ubaidah, Commander of the Arab forces, intervened anJ it
was compromised that the lion-hearted Khalid bin Waleed would face the sixty
thousand well equipped sturdy soldiers of Jablah bin Ghassan with sixty Muslims
instead of thirty. The next day KhaIid bin Waleed with 59 companions
fought a memorable battle unparalleled in the history of military warfare against