Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 196
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa ra accepting the suggestion of a friend, took the standard and went on fighting until evening came. The following day Hadrat Khalid took the field again with his crippled and tired force but employed a brilliant strategy. He changed the positions of his men. Those in front changed with those in the rear and those on the right flank changed with those on the left. . They also raised some slogans. The enemy thought the Muslims had received reinforcements overnight and withdrew in fear. Ḥaḍrat Khālid saved his remaining army and returned to Medina. The Holy Prophet had been informed of these events through a revelation. He collected the. Muslims in the mosque. As he rose to address them his eyes were wet with tears. He said, sa га "I wish to tell you about the army which left here for the Syrian border. It stood against the enemy and fought. First Zaid, then Ja'far and then 'Abdullah bin Rawāhah held the standard. All three fell, one after the other, fighting bravely. Pray for them all. After them the standard was held by Khalid bin Walid. He appointed himself. He is a sword among the swords of God. So he saved the Muslim army and returned. " (Zurqani, Sharh Mawahib al-Ladunniyya, Vol. 3, pp. 341-348; Zad al-Ma'ad,. Vol. I; Fath al-Bari, 7/513) ra. It was a battle in which the Muslims were neither champions nor losers. On Hadrat Khalid bin Walid's return with the Muslim army, some. Muslims of Medina described the returning soldiers as defeated and lacking in spirit. The general criticism was that they should all have died fighting. The Holy Prophet chided the critics: "Khālid and his soldiers were not defeatist or lacking in spirit, he said. They were soldiers who returned again and again to the attack. " sa (Life of Muhammad by Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul га. Masih II, pp. 129-133) 196