Khalid bin Al-Waleed

[Thierry.]

Arguably the best book I have ever read

I feel that this online book is most fitting to this occasion, the man named above fought battles where he was in an unbelievable disadvantage yet he put his trust I Allah and succeeded.

 

This web-site contains perhaps one of the most brilliant biographies written on the Companion of the Prophet (SAWS), Khalid bin Al-Waleed, Sword of Allah.

Khalid bin Al-Waleed was one of the greatest generals in history, and one of the greatest heroes of Islam. Besides him, Genghis Khan was the only other general to remain undefeated in his entire military life. A measure of Khalid's genius is that he was the only person to inflict a (temporary) defeat on the Prophet Muhammad, (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).

The original title of the book, "The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin Al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns" was written by the late Lieutenant-General A.I. Akram of the Pakistan Army, in October 1969. The author learnt Arabic in order to draw on the earliest historical sources and he visited every one of Khalid's battlefields in order to draw analyses from the viewpoint of military strategy, including reconciling conflicting historians' accounts. The book was originally published by the Army Education Press, Rawalpindi, Pakistan and printed by Feroze Sons Publishers in Lahore, Pakistan. The excellence of the book was such that it has been translated from English into Arabic and is currently sold in bookshops throughout the Arab World.

Since the material is taken from a book, for maximum benefit, the reader is advised to read the book from the beginning to the end. However, before you do that, please read the following sections in the following order:

What an excellent slave of Allah: Khalid bin Al-Waleed, one of the swords of Allah, unleashed against the unbelievers!"

[Prophet Muhammad, (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), Tirmidhi and Ahmad from Abu Hurayrah, Sahih Al-Jami' Al-Saghir No. 6776]

"Women will no longer be able to give birth to the likes of Khalid bin Al-Waleed."

[Abu Bakr, (Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, Dar Abi Hayyan, Cairo, 1st ed. 1416/1996, Vol. 7 P. 141)]

 

http://www.swordofallah.com/front.htm

[Aisha]

yeah, I've briefly read about him............you could feel his bravery when reading about him. Maashallah! Back then, the amount of bravery that was present in the hearts of men is unbelievable!

[Ameen]

And perhaps if we (as believers) stand together and remain firm on this relgion and not pick and chose (and Im talking to myself) from the different fatwa's we hear, maybe than will Allah grant us bravery and even more, taqwa that is equal to the amount that a great man such as Khalid bin Al-Waleed was granted. I ask Allah to forgive us and to grant us patience in this time of fitnah,Ameen.

And Allah knows best

[Centurion]

I actually own the book, but i haven't read it yet.

I think it may be about time..