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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Exemplary Youths during the Early Days of Islam Khālid ibn Sa‘īd, the Noble Youth Khālid ibn Sa‘īd ibn ‘Ās came from the Household of Banī Umayyah. In the Glorious Qur’an, this wicked family has been called ‘the evil tree’ .[^1] Sa‘īd ibn ‘Ās, one of the elders of this Household, was considered as one of most headstrong and influential enemies of Islam, and one of the most obstinate polytheists of Mecca.

Sa‘īd ibn ‘Ās did not respond positively to the call of Islam up to the end of his life. He died in a state of disbelief and infidelity. Sa‘īd had three sons by the names of Abān, Khālid and ‘Amr. He did not at all imagine that one day his sons might convert to Islam, but contrary to his expectations, all his three children responded affirmatively to the divine call of Islam, and the first of them to become a Muslim was Khālid. Khālid was one of the earliest people to convert to Islam.

Some historians assert that he was the third person to become a Muslim, while others say he was the fourth, or perhaps the fifth. It is here that we have to say that a colocynth tree that bears very bitter fruit is sometimes capable of bearing sweet fruit. Khālid can be considered as an example of the above because such a worthy, wonderful and amazing son was born to an unbelieving and polytheistic father.

It is for this reason that historians write, “Khālid ibn Sa‘īd was a noble of Banī Umayyah and one of the earliest people to convert to Islam.”[^2] One fateful dream Every person’s life consists of hidden hopes and aspirations which, if acted upon, will produce profitable and desirable results. Sometimes these motives get manifested in the form of a sincere dream or truthful intuition. At other occasions, they get manifested in the form of a physically apparent event.

What is important is that man should not ignore and overlook these intuitive signs, because they play an important part in guiding and leading people to their destinies. The dream that Khālid ibn Sa‘īd saw was of this nature because it led him towards worldly and everlasting prosperity.

During the days when the Noble Prophet (S) was privately inviting people to Islam and not so many people had yet responded positively to the divine call, Khālid dreamt one night that he was standing at the edge of a very big and dangerous precipice. Flames of fire were rising from below, and his father Sa‘īd was trying to throw him in the fire.