Khalid ibn Sa'id

Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿAs al-Umawī (Arabic: خالد بن سعيد; d. 634 CE), was a companion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

He converted to Islam before 613 CE along with his brother Amr.[1] He migrated to Abyssinia along with his wife Hamaniya,[1] where he acted as Umm Habiba's wali when she married Muhammad while she was in Abyssinia.[2] He was one of the prominent Muhajirun companions, who rejected the allegiance at the Saqifa.[3]

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

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