Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ (; d. 634 CE), also known as Abu Sa'id, was a companion to the

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ic prophet

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and a general under the

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. He was one of the members of Banu Umayya of the

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tribe. Khalid converted to Islam before 613 CE along with his brother Amr. He migrated to Abyssinia along with his wife Hamaniya, where he acted as Umm Habiba's

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when she married Muhammad while she was in

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. In 633, he was appointed commander of Syrian campaign by

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. In 634, he married Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham on the evening preceding battle of Marj al-Saffar, he was killed in the battle.

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Banu Umayya Muhajirun 634 deaths Arab people of the Arab–Byzantine wars People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant Generals of the Rashidun Caliphate Companions of the Prophet {{Islam-bio-stub