give support (nusra) for the establishment of Khilafah.

 The Battle of Yarmuk was part of the campaign to conquer Syria and open it to 

Islam. The Amir of Jihad was Khalid bin 

Walid who was appointed by the Khaleefah Umar ibn al-Khattab. At the start of 

the battle a Roman general by the name 

of Ge

orge emerged from the Roman centre and rode towards the Muslims. 

Halting a short distance from the Muslim 

centre, he raised his voice and asked for Khalid bin Walid (Amir of Jihad). From 

the Muslim side Khalid rode out, 

delighted at the thought that the battle would begin with himself fighting a 

duel. He would set the pace for the rest of 

the battle.

As Khalid drew near, the Roman made no move to draw his sword, but 

continued to look intently at Khalid. The Muslim 

advanced until the necks of the horses crossed, and still George did not draw 

his sword. Then he spoke, in Arabic: "O 

Khalid, tell me the truth and do not deceive me, for the free do not lie and the 

noble do not deceive. Is it true that Allah 

sent a sword from heaven to your Prophet and that he gave it to you and that 

never have you drawn it but your enemies 

have been defeated?"

"No!" replied Khalid.

"Then why are you known as the Sword of Allah?"

Here Khalid told George the story of how he received the title of Sword of Allah 

from the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه 

وسلم. George pondered this a while, then with a pensive look in his eyes, 

asked, "Tell me, what do you call me to?"

"To bear witness", Khalid replied, "that there is no god but Allah and 

Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger; and to 

believe in what he has brought from Allah."

"If I do not agree?"

"Then pay the Jizya, and you shall be under our protection."

"If I still do not agree?"

"Then the sword!"

George considered the words of Khalid for a few moments, then asked, "What is 

the position of one who enters your 

faith today?" "In our faith there is only one position. All are equal."

"Then I accept your faith!" 1

To the astonishment of the two armies, which knew nothing of what had passed 

between the two generals, Khalid 

turned his horse and rode slowly with the Roman to the Muslim army. On arrival 

at the Muslim centre George repeated 

after Khalid: "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!" 

A few hours later the newly-converted 

George would fight heroically for the faith which he had just embraced and 

would die in battle as a shaheed the greatest 

death. 2

O Syrian Army Commanders!

You have the power to end the bloodshed, to remove the corrupt Assad regime 

and to give support (nusra) for the 

establishment of Khilafah. This Khilafah will bring peace and unity once again 

to the blessed land of ash-Sham after 

decades of oppression.

Seize this opportunity in the month of Ramadhan to become one of the heroes 

of ash-Sham like Khalid bin Walid and 

Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, and achieve the greatest prize of all - Al-Jannah.

Allah says:

فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ 

أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا 

تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا 

مِنْ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ 

لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ نَصِيرًا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُقَاتِلُونَ 

فِي سَبِيلِ الطَّاغُوتِ فَقَاتِلُوا أَوْلِيَاءَ الشَّيْطَانِ ۖ إِنَّ 

كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا 

“So let those who sell the life of this world for the Next World fight in the Way  

of Allah. If someone fights in the Way of 

Allah, whether he is killed or is victorious, We will pay him an immense reward. 

What reason could you have for not 

fighting in the Way of Allah – for those men, women and children who are 

oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of 

this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give 

us a helper from You!’? Those who have 

iman fight in the Way of Allah. Those who are kafir fight in the way of false 

gods (taaghoot). So fight the friends of 

Shaytan! Shaytan’s scheming is always feeble.” 3

1. Tabari: Vol. 2, p. 595

2. Lieutenant-General A.I. Akram, ‘The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin Al-Waleed, 

His Life and Campaigns,’ October 1969

3. Holy Qur’an, Surah An-Nisaa, 74-76