S38 - Amr Ibn Al - Aas (ra) - Vahan realises battle is inevitable

Published: March 25, 2024, 10:50 a.m.

Amr ibn Al-Aas (ra), Session 38\nThe Fox of The Arabs\xa0\nThe Plains of Yarmook\n\nVahan realises battle is inevitable, so sends a probing\xa0attack to Khalid (ra).\n\nFor almost a month, there was no major action on the Plain of Yarmook, this was beneficial for the faithfull as 6,000 men arrived to join them, most from Yemen.\n\nIn total, 1,000 Sahaba, 100 which are Badri's and 2 of the promised 10, Zubair & Abu Obaydah (raa).\n\nAgain Vahan offers peace talks and offers gifts to all the muslims, thinking that hardship and hunger brought them to Yarmook.\nA bemused Khalid (ra) responds, we are a people who drink blood and we heard the blood of the Romans is tasty.... (Al Bidaayah).\n\nBattle formation takes place.\nThe Romans prepared a 12 mile front!\n\nThe oft repeated\xa0verse Surah 2 v249, 'How many a small group has defeated a large group...'