They stayed in Habashah for ten years and returned after the conquest of Khaybar.

They stayed in Habashah for ten years and returned after the conquest of Khaybar.[^5] The Noble Prophet’s (S) scribe and secretary Khālid ibn Sa‘īd was one of the Noble Prophet’s (S) scribes and secretaries. A lot of the Noble Prophet’s (S) letters, sent to the different tribes and clans and to the distinguished personalities of that time, were dictated by the Noble Prophet (S) himself to Khālid, who wrote them in his own handwriting.

This, in itself, is enough to assess the greatness of Khālid’s personality. Numerous accounts have been recorded in history to the effect that a lot of tribes converted to Islam as a result of the letters sent to them in Khālid’s handwriting. One tribe that might serve as an example was the tribe of Thaqīf.[^6] Responsibility in Yemen Khālid was appointed as the tax-collector of Yemen by…