Al Walid I Puns

I know their rebel enemies regard them as one and the same as IS, but why are they having an own name and what is their own official position?

This is my personal attempt of a translation of an elegy by Khalid Ibn Al-Walid after hearing of the death of his son. It is translated line by line from the original, recited here in Arabic. I recommend reading the translation as it is recited.

Over my features a flood of tears had ran its course

And in my inflamed heart embers had been set alight

And shattered was my heart the day I was told he died

And as my tears poured over, my world was full of strife

And my misery has injured me, and my sorrows compounded

And by God do not ask me of my sorrowed heart

Whensoever night may come, I will cry for him

And no ease nor joy will come from the light of day

He was like the moon, exceeding in brilliance

Eclipsed he was, his light smothered

And he was generous in giving, not caring for scarcity

And if combat drew long, he did not know fear

Imprisoned by the steed of the traitorous villains, he was

And they had rid him of his sword and spear

For O my misery, had I been present

By a running sword their two sides would have become one

Rotting corpses amidst battle, they would have become

Amidst the valley and the mountain, carrion feed they would have become

By the truth of the one whose Quraysh pilgrimaged to his house

And sent the chosen one, Taha, the aim of destiny

That I slay of them a thousand lords amidst battle

If the beneficent one allows and I last.

The original text in Arabic, it is written and recited in meter, each verse ends with the same letter, ل

جَرَى مدمعى فوق الْمَحَاجِرِ وانْهَمَلْ وحَرُّ الغَضَا قدْ زَادَ في القَلْبِ واشْـتَعَلْ

وهَدَّ فُؤَادِي يَوْمَ أُخْـبِرْتُ نَعْيَهُ وضَاقَتْ بِيَ الدُّنيا ودَمْعِيَ قد هَطَلْ

وزَادَتْ بِيَ الأحْـزَانُ والْهَمُّ ضَرَّنِي وعَنْ قَـلْبِيَ الْمَحْزُونِ بِاللهِ لا تَسَـلْ

سَـأَبْكِى عَلَيْهِ كُلَّمَا أَظْـلَمَ الدُّجَى وما ابْتَسَمَ الصُّبـْحُ الْمُنِيرُ وما اسْـتَهَلْ

لقَدْ كانَ بَدْرًا زَائِدَ الْحُسْنِ طَـالِعًا فأَصْبَحَ بَعْدَ النُّورِ والزَّهْوِ قدْ أفَـلْ

وكانَ كَرِيمَ العَمِّ والْخَـالِ سَـيِّدًا إذَا قَامَ سوقُ الْحَرْبِ لَمْ يَعْرِفِ الْوَجَلْ

أحَاطَتْ بِهِ خَيْلُ اللِّئَامِ بِأَسْـرِهِمْ وقَدْ مَكَّنـُـوا مِنْهُ الْمُهَنَّدَ والأسَـلْ

فَوَا أسَفَا لَوْ أنَّـنِى كُنتُ حَاضِرًا بِأبْيَضَ مَاضٍ لِلْج

This story was exposed years ago but the verdict is still out on where the funds or all the medicine went. Curious to think these ministers think they can still talk or threaten their way out of it.

This article goes into some detail for English speakers https://www.the961.com/news/lebanese-lawyer-just-accused-former-health-minister-of-medical-misconduct

Wassef’s press conference 2 days ago goes into some more detail on the interaction with the former minister here

https://youtu.be/X60hPuD8jrk

"...he [Khalid ibn al-Walid]* will not spare any one of them [apostates]* he can gain mastery over, (but may) burn them with fire, slaughter them by any means, and take women and children captive; nor shall he accept from anyone anything except Islam." The History of al-Tabari, Volume X: The Conquest of Arabia

* I added the square brackets and the text inside of them to make the passage easier to understand

I mean, last time the rebels showed any major weakness (the 2017 Daraa offensive) they launched a big offensive and seized Tasil and several other towns, but during this offensive, they don't seem to be trying anything at all.

Any ideas why they haven't taken the opportunity? Or could it be that they know that the SAA are eventually gonna come for them too, and are just fortifying until then?

Khalid ibn al-Walid is often presented as a infallible general who single handedly led the armies of Islam to victory in over a 100 battles (a number so often emphasised that it has a strong implication of propoganda). With divine support of course.

How reliable are the accounts by historians about him? How justified is the praise he is getting as a strategist? Do we only have Muslim Arab (and later: Muslim Persian) accounts about him? Do we have any non-muslim accounts ?