Al-Walid ibn Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi

General
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Al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah al-Makhzumi (Arabic: الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي‎, translit: al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī, Al-Waleed) was a wealthy Chief of the Banu Makhzum. Also know as Al-Waheed (The Unique)[1] served his people as their military instructor and acquired his wealth as a trader[2], blacksmith[3], and butcher [4].

Family

Al-Walid took great pride instilling the Virtues of the Arabs in the raising of his children Khalid, Waleed, Hisham, Ammarah, Abdu Shams, and his daughters Faktah and Fatimah[5].

Response To Islam

Al-Walid along with Abu Sufyan, Abu Lahab, and Abul Jahl lead the opposition against Islam. Like Abu Sufyan, Al-walid was a man of dignity and self respect who opposed the message of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), but never resorted to undignified acts of violence or abuse. He did mention how put off about Prophethood he was,

“Is the Prophethood to be bestowed on Muhammad, while I, the greatest of the Quraysh and their elder, am to get nothing? And there is Abu Masud, the chief of Saqeef. Surely he and I are the greatest of the two towns (Makkah and Taif).”[6][7]

Ibn Hisham mentioned that Al-Walid’s statement was part of the reason for the revelation of the verse,

And they exclaimed, “If only this Quran was revealed to a great man from ˹one of˺ the two cities!”[8]

﴾ وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ ﴿

References

  1. Jump up↑ Sword Of Allah, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, A Biographical Study of one of the Greatest Military Generals In History, by A.I. Akram: Chapter 1 (The Boy) pg. 1
  2. Jump up↑ Sword Of Allah, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, A Biographical Study of one of the Greatest Military Generals In History, by A.I. Akram: Chapter 1 (The Boy) pg. 2
  3. Jump up↑ Ibn Qutaibah: p.575
  4. Jump up↑ Ibn Rusta: p. 215
  5. Jump up↑ Sword Of Allah, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, A Biographical Study of one of the Greatest Military Generals In History, by A.I. Akram: Chapter 1 (The Boy) pg. 2
  6. Jump up↑ Ibn Hishan: Vol. 1, p.361. Quran 95:1-5
  7. Jump up↑ Sword Of Allah, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, A Biographical Study of one of the Greatest Military Generals In History, by A.I. Akram: Chapter 2 (The New Faith) pg. 2
  8. Jump up↑ Qur’an [43:31] Surat Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) – سورة الزخرف