Hazrat Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari

A Commander of the Conquest of Egypt

Maslama ibn Mukhallad was a young Ansari of the Khazraj. When Amr ibn al-As رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Amr ibn al-Asرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُShrewd statesman and commander; conqueror of EgyptMuhajirun asked Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun for reinforcements in the conquest of Egypt, Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun sent four thousand men with four commanders, each — he said — the equal of a thousand: az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwamرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe Disciple (Hawari) of the Prophet ﷺ; one of the ten promised ParadiseAshara Mubashara · Muhajirun · People of Badr, al-Miqdad رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Miqdad ibn al-Aswadرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُAmong the first to make Islam public; his stand and his cavalry at BadrMuhajirun · People of Badr · Early Converts, Ubada ibn al-Samit رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Ubada ibn as-Samitرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُA leader (naqib) at the Pledge of Aqaba; teacher and judge in SyriaAnsar · People of Badr · Narrators, and Maslama ibn Mukhallad. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 3 · pp. 673 — Kandhlawi — Umar sends four commanders each worth a thousand to reinforce Egypt; Maslama ibn Mukhallad among them. He settled in Egypt, where he lived out his life and died.