Khalid ibn Sa'id
Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿAs al-Umawī (Arabic: خالد بن سعيد; d. 634 CE), was a companion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
He converted to Islam before 613 CE along with his brother Amr.[1] He migrated to Abyssinia along with his wife Hamaniya,[1] where he acted as Umm Habiba's wali when she married Muhammad while she was in Abyssinia.[2] He was one of the prominent Muhajirun companions, who rejected the allegiance at the Saqifa.[3]
In 633 CE he was appointed commander of Syrian campaign by Abu Bakr.[4] In 634 CE he was married to Umm Hakim on the evening preceding battle of Marj al-Saffar, he was killed in the battle.[5]
References
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- ^ Companions of the Prophet - IslamKotob - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ Seventh Session, Part 2
- ^ Annals of the Early Caliphate: From Original Sources - Sir William Muir - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic ... - Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad Bin Jab Al-Baladhuri, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī - Google Books. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2014-01-18.