Yusuf Circle Sheffield

Amr ibn Al-Aas (ra), Session 38 The Fox of The Arabs  The Plains of Yarmook Vahan realises battle is inevitable, so sends a probing attack to Khalid (ra). For 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. In total, 1,000 Sahaba, 100 which are Badri's and 2 of the promised 10, Zubair & Abu Obaydah (raa). Again Vahan offers peace talks and offers gifts to all the muslims, thinking that hardship and hunger brought them to Yarmook. A bemused Khalid (ra) responds, we are a people who drink blood and we heard the blood of the Romans is tasty.... (Al Bidaayah). Battle formation takes place. The Romans prepared a 12 mile front! The oft repeated verse Surah 2 v249, 'How many a small group has defeated a large group...'