Khalid ibn Sa'id

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

Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ (

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]

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