حَدَّثَنَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَیَّاشٍ : حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِیدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ : حَدَّثِنِی وَحْشِیُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ بْنِ وَحْشِیَّ بْنِ حَرَبٍ عَنْ أَ بِیہِ ، عَنْ جَدْہِ وَحْشِیِّ بْنِ حَرًبٍ : أَنَّ أَبَا بَکْرِ ؓ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِیدِ عَلَی قِتَالِ أَھْلِ الرَّدَّۃِ وَقَالَ : إِنْیِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللہَ ﷺ یَقُولُ نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللہِ وَأَخُو الْعَشِ عَبْداللہِ وَأَخُو الْعَشِیرَۃِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِیدِ، وَمَسْفٌ مِنْ سُیُوفِ اللہِ سَلَّہُ اللہُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ عَلَی الْکُفَّارِ وَالْمُنَافِقِینَ۔
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 43
It was narrated from Wahshi bin Harb that Abu Bakr (RA) appointed Khalid bin al-Waleed as commander to fight the apostates and he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: "What a good slave of Allah and member of the tribe Khalid bin al-Waleed is! [He is] one of the swords of Allah that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has unsheathed against disbelievers and hypocrites."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020