Khalid ibn Sa'id explained
| Khalid ibn Sa'id |
| Birth Date: | Unknown |
| Death Date: | 634 CE |
| Other Names: | Abu Sa'id |
| Children: | Sa'id ibn Khalid |
| Spouse: | | Embed: | yes | | Embed Title: | Military service |
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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. 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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