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14 such fervour, Musaylimah’s army received an unexpected setback. His son Shurahbeel addressed his people: O Banu Haneefah! Risk your lives to fight against Muslims! Today you must display honour and courage. If you lose, the Muslims will seize your families. You must sacrifice your lives if you want to defend your honour! This speech lifted the spirits of the apostates and they pushed the Muslim army back. The Muslims had never faced such a tough enemy. Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed ra split all the Muslims into their tribes and announced that each tribe should fight based on their calibre to reveal who had the most steadfastness in the face of the enemy. This was a very clever move by Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed ra as the tribes began to compete against each other in courage and steadfastness. They fought with such passion that the apostates were forced to take refuge in a garden of Musaylimah11 called “Hadeeqatur-Rahmaan”. 12 Hazrat Baraa’ ibn Maalik ra who was fighting for the Muslim army followed the apostates to the walled orchard and jumped over to open the doors to let the 11. Tadhkaar-e-Sahaabiyyaat by Talib al-Hashmi, ‘Hazrat Umm-e- Ummaarah ra ’ p. 397, Published by Al-Badr Publications, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore. 12. This garden is also known as Hadeeqatul-Maut [Garden of death]. Taareekhul-Khamees fi Ahwaali Anfusi Nafees by Imam Husain Ibn Muhammad, vol. 3, p. 190, Al-fasluth-Thaani fi zikril-Khulafaa’ir-Raas- hideen. . . Published by Daarul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut 2009.