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Shortly thereafter, the Quraish violated their treaty with the Prophet (PBUH) and the Muslims marched
under Khaalid's to conquer Makkah. The Prophet assigned the command of the right flank of the army to
Khaalid Ibn Al-Wallid.
Khaalid entered Makkah as one of the commanders of the Muslim army and the Muslim nation. He
recalled his youth when he galloped across its plains and mountains as one of the commanders of the
army of paganism and polytheism. Khaalid stood there recollecting his childhood days playing on its
wonderful pastures and his youthful memories of its wild entertainment. These memories of the past
weighed down on him, and he was filled with remorse for his wasted life in which he worshipped
inanimate and helpless idols. But before he bit the tips of his fingers in remorse, he was overpowered by
the magnificence and spell of this scene of the glorious light that approached Makkah and swept away all
that came before it. The astounding scene of the weak and oppressed people, on whose bodies the marks
of torture and horror still showed, was magnificent as they returned to the land they had been unjustly
driven out of. Only this time, they returned on horseback under the fluttering standard of Islam. Their
whispers at Daar Al-Arqam's house yesterday turned today into loud and glorious shouts of "Allhu akbar
(Allah is the Greatest)", that shook Makkah and the victorious cry "There is no god but Allah", with
which the entire universe seemed to be celebrating a feast day.
How did this miracle come about? What is the explanation of what had happened? Simply, there was
no logical or rational explanation whatsoever, but the power of the verse that the victorious marching
soldiers repeated with their "There is no god but Allah" and "Allahu akbar" as they looked with joy at one
another and said, " (It is) a Promise of Allah, and Allah fails not in His Promise" (30:6).
Then Khaalid raised his head and watched in reverence, joy and satisfaction as the standard of Islam
fluttered on the horizon. He said to himself, "Indeed, it is a promise of Allah and Allah fails not in His
promise." Then he bent his head in gratitude and thanks for Allah's blessing that had guided him to Islam
and made him one of those who would usher Islam into Makkah rather than one of those who would be
spurred by this conquest to submit themselves to Islam.
Khaalid was always near the Prophet. He devoted his excellent abilities to the service of the religion
he firmly believed in and devoted his life to. After the glorious Prophet had died and Abu Bakr became
the caliph, the sly and treacherous cyclone of those who apostatized from Islam shrouded the new
religion with its deafening roar and devastating outbreak. Abu Bakr, quickly chose the hero of the
battlefields and man of the hour, namely Abu Sulaimaan, The Sword of Allah, Khaalid Ibn Al-Waliid. It
is true that Abu Bakr himself was at the head of the first army that fought against the apostates;
nevertheless, he saved Khaalid for the decisive day and Khaalid was truly the mastermind and inspired
hero of the last crucial battle that was considered the most dangerous of all the apostasy battles.
When the apostate armies were taking measures to perfect their large conspiracy, the great Caliph
Abu Bakr insisted on taking the lead of the Muslim army. The leaders of the Companions tried
desperately to persuade him not to, yet his decision was final. Perhaps he meant to give the cause for
which he mobilized and rallied this army a special importance, tinged with sanctity. He could not achieve
his aim except by his actual participation in the deadly battle and his direct command of some or all of
the Muslim troops. It was a battle between the power of belief against the power of apostasy and
darkness.
The outbreak of apostasy posed serious threats, in spite of the fact that it started as an accidental
insubordination. Soon, the opportunists and the malicious enemies of Islam, whether from the Arab tribes
or from across the borders where the power of Romans and Persians perched, seized their last
opportunity to hinder the sweeping tide of Islam. Therefore, they instigated mutiny and chaos from
behind the scenes.
Unfortunately, mutiny flowed like an electric current through the Arab tribes, like Asad, Ghatfaan,
`Abs, Tii, Dhubyaan, then Bani `Aamar, Hawaazin, Sulaim and Bani Tamiim. Hardly had the skirmishes
started with limited numbers of soldiers than they were reinforced with enormous armies, often of
thousands of warriors. The people of Bahrain, Oman and Al-Mahrah responded to this horrible plot.