Khalid ibn Sa'id

Khalid ibn Sa'id
BornUnknown
Died634 CE
Marj al-Saffar
Other namesAbu Sa'id
Known forCompanion of Muhammad
Spouses
Military service
AllegianceRashidun Caliphate
Battles / warsBattle of Marj al-Saffar (634)
ChildrenSa'id ibn Khalid

Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ (Arabic: خالد بن سعيد بن العاص; d. 634 CE), also known as Abu Sa'id, was a companion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a general under the Rashidun Caliphate.[1]

He was one of the members of Banu Umayya of the Quraysh tribe.[1] Khalid converted to Islam before 613 CE along with his brother Amr.[2] He migrated to Abyssinia along with his wife Hamaniya,[2] where he acted as Umm Habiba's wali when she married Muhammad while she was in Abyssinia.[3]

In 633, he was appointed commander of Syrian campaign by Abu Bakr.[4] In 634, he married Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham on the evening preceding battle of Marj al-Saffar, he was killed in the battle.[5]

  1. ^ a b Martindale, J. R. (1992-10-15). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.
  2. ^ a b The Calcutta Review - Google Books. 1855. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. ^ IslamKotob. Companions of the Prophet - IslamKotob - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  4. ^ Muir, Sir William (1883). Annals of the Early Caliphate: From Original Sources - Sir William Muir - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  5. ^ Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá (2002). The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitâb Futûḥ Al-buldân of Al-Imâm Abu-l ʻAbbâs Aḥmad Ibn-Jâbir Al-Balâdhuri. Gorgias Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-931956-63-5. OCLC 2475649.