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from among the Christians. The three commanders were martyred, whereupon Khālid ibn al-Walīd took up the banner. Khālid had embraced Islam after the Treaty of al-Ḥudaybiyyah, together with ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ and ʿUthmān ibn Ṭalḥah. God then preserved the Muslims, and they withdrew. (1) This occurred before the conquest of Mecca and after Khaybar.
(1) This account is recorded by al-Bukhari (no. 1189) and others, on the authority of Anas.
مِنَ النَّصَارَى.
وَاسْتُشْهِدَ الأُمَرَاءُ ﵃، وَأَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ خَالِدُ بن الوَلِيد، وَكَانَ خَالِدٌ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ صُلْحِ الحُدَيبِيَةَ هُوَ، وَعَمْرُو بن العَاص، وَعُثْمَانُ بن طَلْحَةَ، فَسَلَّمَ اللهُ المُسْلِمِينَ، وَرَجَعُوا (١)، وَهَذَا قَبْلَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ، وَبَعْدَ خَيبَرٍ.
(١) هذه القصة أخرجها البخاري (ح/ ١١٨٩) وغيره من حديث أنس ﵁.