In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Mawaddah Association is pleased
To present to you pictures from the lives of the Companions
Id al-Rahman Rafah al-Pasha
May God have mercy on him
Haqa bin Omar, may God be pleased with him
Here we are in the ninth year of the Hijra
It is the year that Muslims called the Year of Delegations
And here is the city of the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, opening its spacious chest
To receive with brilliance every morning one or more delegations
They came from all over the Arabian Peninsula
To declare their Islam in the hands of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him
They pledge allegiance to him by listening and obeying him
And here they are, the most glorious masters of Bani Tamim
They submit to Islam after a long break
They come to Medina as obedient Muslims
They extend their hands to the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, pledging allegiance
While the people were declaring their Islam in the hands of the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
And they take their prizes that he ordered for them
The Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was characterized by a young man among them
And stares at him
Then he stared at him and said
Musm fatta
Al-Qaqa bin Omar said:
He said, “I have not prepared for jihad for the sake of God, O Qaqa.”
He said: Obedience to God and His Messenger
And the flawless horses and the delicate spears
He said that is the purpose
Since that day
Al-Qaqa bin Omar laid down his soul and his sword in obedience to God and His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
And he made a bed for the horses' horses
Let us spend these wonderful moments with Al-Qaqaa bin Omar
Its leader is Saif al-Islam Khalid bin al-Walid, may God be pleased with him
Khaled bin Al-Walid had hardly left his side to rest after the end of the apostasy wars
Until the letter of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, came to him
He orders him to go to conquer Iraq
Extracting it from the hands of the Persians and bringing its people into the religion of God
But Khaled's soldiers had diminished and dispersed
Some of them were martyred in the brutal apostasy wars
He was released from them to his family after the covenant between him and them lasted for a long time
Only a small number of his large army remained with Khaled
So he wrote to Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq asking him for support
When Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, opened Khalid’s letter
He stopped at what was in it and said to those with him
Khalid bin Al-Walid is asking us for support
So they provided him with Al-Qaqa bin Omar
Those present opened their mouths in astonishment at what they heard and said
O Commander of the Faithful, seek a leader
Most of his soldiers were defeated by one man
The friend, may God be pleased with him, said
Yes, the voice of Al-Qaqa’ bin Omar in the army is better than a thousand knights
An army that contains Qaqa'a cannot be defeated
Khaled bin Al-Walid headed toward Iraq at the head of ten thousand of his soldiers
And with him was Al-Qaqa' bin Omar
Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, counted him as one thousand knights
His face was directed towards the Al-Hafeer area
Located close to the Persian Gulf
Next is the desert
Hormuz was the prince of this region by the Persian king
And Hormuz if you don't know
One of the few men who were honored by the Persians in his time
There is no evidence of his honor, which was greater than his cap, which was worth a hundred thousand
As it was the custom of the Persians
To make their caps according to their honor among their people
Whoever reaches the goal of honor
The value of his cap is one hundred thousand
However, Hormuz was one of the worst Persian princes in his treatment of the Arabs
The most arrogant of them
The Arabs hated the idea of Hormuz the most
Until they made him an example of evil
They used to say that their proverbs are more evil than Hormuz
And more than Hormuz
As soon as Khaled bin Al-Walid landed in the region
He even sent a letter to Hormuz saying:
As for after
So I accept Islam
Or choose for yourself and your people
And pay the tribute to the Muslims out of hand while you are subservient
Otherwise, you have no one to blame but yourself
I have brought to you a people who love death
As you love life
Hormuz's senses flew when he read Khalid bin Al-Walid's letter
He wrote to Azadshir, king of the Persians
He tells him that Muslims are coming to Iraq
Then he rose from his hour, closed his ranks, and gathered his crowd
He rushed them towards the water sources in Al-Hafeer
He descended on it before Khalid reached it with his army
When Khalid bin Al-Walid reached Al-Hafir
He ordered his soldiers to depart in a place he had chosen for them
Then a group of them stood up to him and said
Prince
Our enemy is on water and we are on non-water
We fear that we will die of thirst
Khaled said to them
Don't put your saddlebags where I ordered you
Then fight your enemy on the water, fighting the desperate
May my life become water so that I may be patient between the two groups and honor the two soldiers
You are the most patient and generous, God willing
The two soldiers lined up facing each other
Hormuz stood at the forefront of his army
He placed on his right a prince from the royal house
And to his north, another prince
He had harbored evil within himself
They beat his chest for his treachery
Hormuz was certain that if he could, he would kill Khalid bin Al-Walid
He will have traveled four-fifths of the way to victory
But he was certain that he could not kill him
As long as this is the case, let him kill him treacherously
Then let people talk about him whatever they want
And let them throw whatever they want at him
So he confided to a group of his elite knights what he had decided to do
And make the plan with them
Each of them was assigned a mission
Hormuz emerged from the ranks
He stood in the square separating the two soldiers
The defiant Tuff cheered him up and started saying
To me, Khaled, show me, Khaled
But he made his position close to the Persian camp
Away from the Muslim camp
As soon as Khaled bin Al-Walid heard his call
Until he got off his horse and went to meet him
However, Khaled hardly drew his sword to fight the enemy of God and his enemy
Until the men prepared by Hormuz jumped at him in one fell swoop
With their swords drawn in their hands, they want to kill him treacherously
And here the knight, whom the friend, may God be pleased with him, counted as a thousand knights, rose
And the arrow took off from the spot
He threw himself into the arena while saying:
Al-Qaqa bin Omar has come to you, O enemy of God
Al-Qaqaa has come to you
Then the thunderbolt was directed at Hormuz and his men
He was followed by the Amjad men of the Muslim army
A lightning battle took place between the two teams
During which Khaled took the spirit of Hormuz from his side
Al-Qaqaa and those with him defeated the treacherous group that tampered with the etiquette of war
They threw them lifeless bodies on the battlefield
On the mirror of the Persians and heard
None of them dared to move a finger
Then the Muslims attacked their enemy one time
They removed them from their positions
And they forced them to turn their backs
They threw them between dead, wounded and defeated
And when the battle ended
Khaled looked at Al-Qaqa bin Omar and said
May God have mercy on Abu Bakr, for he is more knowledgeable about men than we are
The Caliph of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was right when he said
An army containing Al-Qaqa' bin Omar cannot be defeated
The day of Al-Hafir was documented between Khalid bin Al-Walid and Al-Qaqa bin Omar
There is no surprise, as Khaled knew his friend’s position in the battlefields
And his singing when serious and distressing
He appointed him as leader and placed the heaviest tasks on his shoulders
He made him his right hand in Yarmouk and changed the day of Yarmouk
On the day of the conquest of Damascus, he had an adventure with him that he did not dare to enter
Except for those whose hearts are made of rock and whose minds are shaped from substance
On the day of the conquest of Damascus, Khalid bin Al-Walid was one of four commanders
They work under the command of Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah
Khaled is the commander-in-chief of the entire army
Or the commander of one of his battalions?
He was very keen to have Al-Qaqa’ bin Omar with him
This is because Khaled always aspired for him and those with him to perform miracles
Who is like Al-Qaqa bin Omar to perform miracles?
The city of Damascus was then surrounded by fortified walls on all sides
Surrounding the bracelet around the wrist
There was a deep ditch surrounding it on three sides
It had five doors
It opens during peacetime with sunshine every morning
For people to come out of it and into it
It closes every evening
Reassuring themselves and their money from thieves and thieves
If the ancient city was exposed to a gas invasion
Her mother-in-law closed her doors
They flooded its trench with water
So it is an impregnable island
Surrounded by fences and water at the same time
Abu Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah distributed the gates of Damascus to himself and his commander
So he went down in front of the gate of Al-Jabiya
Omar bin Al-Aas descended in front of Thomas's door
Sharhabeel bin Hasna descended in front of the Paradise Gate
Yazid bin Abi Sufyan came down in front of the small door
As for Khard bin Al-Walid
So he and his companion, Al-Qaqa bin Omar, descended in front of the eastern gate
It was the most forbidden of these doors and the most powerful
The Muslims set up their trebuchets around the fortified city
They set up their tanks at its gates
The city's protectors responded with tank soldiers
Their forts were fixed to throw catapults
The Muslims did not find a way to force the enemy to surrender
Except the siege
But the siege of Damascus was prolonged
Until he reached seven months or so
It was not the distress of those besieged inside Damascus
Tighter than its confinement from the outside
Muslims have begun to wonder in what looks like despair
How and when can we open the city?
The answer came to them on the tongue of Khalid bin Al-Walid
His companion was Al-Qaqa’ bin Omar
Khaled bin Al-Walid had ears to hear everything that was said behind the walls of Damascus
And eyes that see everything that happens in them
One day his eyes suddenly said:
Prince
In the manner of Damascus, a child was born to him in old age
After a long wait
He was extremely happy with him
He was extremely happy
He called the city's protectors and soldiers
Tomorrow night to the Jaffla feast
They will eat delicious food
During which they drink old wines
And they sing until the morning
And you, Prince, must prepare for this opportunity
The inspiring leader initiated
So he made rope ladders
He prepared for this expedition a large number of weapons
The ropes are strong ropes
There is a noose on the head of each of them, which is threaded by the skilled archer
So he stuck to what you threw at him
When night fell, the universe was enveloped in darkness
Khaled said to his soldiers
We will rise to the wall
So if you hear our takbeer
Let a large group of you come up behind us
And let the rest of you flock to the door
Then he and Al-Qaqaa bin Omar departed
And a few of his companions
They crossed the ditch and floated closer
Until they reached the city walls
Then they threw their burdens away
They fixed them on the balconies of the wall
And they climbed on it until they were riding high
They set up the rope ladders they had outside the wall
For those who want to live up to it
And from inside it for those who want to go down to the city
Then Khaled grew up
So his soldiers crossed the trench
Then he and Al-Qaqaa bin Omar descended in front of the door
They killed his mother-in-law and opened his locks
God's soldiers poured into the city from above and below
They rushed into Damascus, cheering loudly
Panic and alarm spread throughout the fortified city
Her mother-in-law was overcome with confusion and panic
They consulted with each other
They decided to open the other gates of the city with their own hands
So that Muslims may enter it peacefully
Instead of entering into war
They kill the female fighter, take captive the offspring, and take the spoils
So they opened it
Even if they didn't
The Muslims opened it with victory from God
And to another meeting with Al-Qaqaa bin Omar
Who laid down his life, his sword, and his spear
In obedience to God and His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
He made his bed on the backs of horses
The voice of Al-Qaqa bin Omar is in the army
Better than a thousand knights
Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq