Day 3
Part 6 of

Conquest: Iraq

-All conquests AbuBakr did were in Iraq
-He sent two armies Khalid ibn Waleed & Ayad ibn Agathi

-Meeting point: Al Hira. Whoever arrived first would be the ameer of the other army.

Benefits of sending two armies:
-To cut up the persian army
-Provides assistance/backups when trouble strikes
-Seperates two armies so food and drink are easily provided

-The people who were fighting were only those who haven't apostated (only happened during the time of AbuBakr)

Battles

Al-Ubullah: Also known as Battle of the Chains. To keep fighters on the front line, they would be chained to fight. Khalid Ibn Waleed (RA) fought them and they were conquered.

Khadimah: Persian General-Hurmuz. Had a one on one fight with Khalid. Hurmuz was killed by Khalid.

Madar: Persian leader: Qarid ibn Qaryabinis. They had boats ready. As soon as the battle intesified the persian were to escape by boats. But the Muslims conquered.

Walajah: A Christain tribe- Nasra Baqr ibn Waeed. They fought them there, who were teamed with Persians at Ullays after being deafeated. Khalid (RA) was succesful in both.

Al-Hira: They just surrendered to Khalid ibn Waleed. It took him four months to defeat all of them. They chose to give tax and gave gifts to Khalid (RA). They were conquered with no fighting.

Ain Tamr: He was victorious.

-Persians let the Muslims gain in strength so the Roamns brought a huge army to stop them in one force (Battle of Yarmuk)

-Amr ibn 'Aaas was sent to Sham. Khalid (RA) is the ameer of all armies. All of them went there.


AbuBakr's advice:
1) Keep awake against their companions. Go and sit with your fighters and listen to them.
2) Don't be cowardly or else you're poeple will be cowardly as well.

-The Muslim's army numbered at 21,000
-The Roman's army numbered at 100, 000

-Amr Ibn AlAaas fought with the Roman's. They had blocked themselves so they would fight intensely. Either way they were going to lose.

-When one of the men mentioned about the huge size of the Roman's army, Khalid Ibn Waleed said "I wish my horse was handicapped and the Roman army doubles after someone mentions about the size of the army"

*If you ever hear the word try, that mean that person is a loser and won't do their job*

-The armies that would arrive, they would compile and camp in those areas. Battle doesn't begin right away.
-Talks/Speeches (Khatirah) would be given to the fighters before the battle to motivate them. They would talk about the hereafter, the Prophet (saw) etc.

Apply it to conferences:
1) Motivate the people
2) Give them buckets to pour their motivation into with activities, programs etc.