Sword Of Allah, Khalid Bin Al Waleed, A Biographical Study Of One Of The Greatest Military Generals In History

"What an excellent slave of Allah Khalid bin Al Waleed, one of the swords of Allah, unleashed against the unbelievers!" Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Women will no longer be able to give birth to the likes of Khalid bin Al Waleed" Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)

Following its publication in 2004, there has been a huge revival in reader's interest for books dealing with early Islamic history. Whenever civilizations have reached great heights, they have achieved inspiration from nothing but history. As the author notes, "Muslim history is replete with great military achievements and glorious feats of arms ... no battles that surpass, in brilliance and decisiveness, the battles of Islam; no commanders who surpass, in courage and skill, the gifted generals of Islam" Khalid bin Al Waleed was one of the greatest, military generals in history and this book is testament to this fact. This book has an addition of explanatory footnotes, Anglicization of certain terms and the correction of minor spelling and grammatical errors. This edition includes the original maps (digitized) drawn by the author from its initial print in 1969 along with two supplementary chapters included in the appendix.

Extract from the Book:

Chapter 1: The Boy
Khalid and the tall boy glared at each other. Slowly they began to move in a circle, the gaze of each fixed intently upon the other, each looking for an opening for his attack and each wary of the tricks that the other might use. There was no hostility in their eyes - just a keen rivalry and an unshakeable determination to win. And Khalid found it necessary to be cautious, for the tall boy was left-handed and thus enjoyed the advantage that all left-handers have over their opponents in a fight.

Wrestling was a popular pastime among the boys of Arabia, and they frequently fought each other. There was no malice in these fights. It was a sport, and boys were trained in wrestling as one of the requirements of Arab manhood. But these two boys were the strongest of all and the leaders of boys of their age. This match was, so to speak, a fight for the heavy...