The Battle of Yarmuk - Khalid Bin Al-Waleed’s Greatest Victory - Part 3
Read part 2 of the Battle of Yarmuk here. "Women will no longer be able to give birth to the likes of Khalid bin Al-Waleed." ( Abu Bakr (RA) ) Day 5 Sitting on his Arab stallion on the hilltop Jumm’a, Khalid’s (RA) shadow cast forward as the sun rose behind him. Broad-shouldered, he folded his arms across his sturdy frame and ran the fingertips of one hand over his cheek and through his thick flowing beard. The battlefield lay sprawling before him like a game of chess; he mentally moved the pieces to corner the king. Across the scrubby Yarmuk plain, Khalid (RA) saw the glint off the amour as the morning sun struck the Roman line. Khalid (RA) gazed at the pomp and ceremony of the Roman army; silver armour resting neatly on top of their red tunics with a hint of gold. Impressive; but never judge a soldier by his pretty clothes , Khalid (RA) thought, smiling. After four days of hard fighting, the Romans could not deliver that final fatal blow! Waging war came naturally to