Layla Bint Al-Minhal - Layla and Khalid After Malik's Death

Layla and Khalid After Malik's Death

Abu Qatada Ansari was a companion of Muhammad. He came with Khalid from Medina. . In Medina, ‘Umar told Khâlid: “You enemy of Allâh! You killed a Muslim man and then leap upon his wife. By Allâh, I will stone you". The death of Malik created a controversy. Some officers of his army—including a prominent companion of Muhammad, Abu Qatadah—believed that Khalid killed Malik to take his wife. After the pressure exerted by back to Madina to explain himself.

The same night, Khalid married Malik's widow Layla bint al-Minhal, said to be one of the most beautiful women in Arabia at the time. The marriage of Khalid with Layla later became a controversial issue because there was a group of people who thought that Khalid had killed Malik to get Layla. This group also includes Khalid's cousin and later Caliph Umar. Khalid was called by Caliph Abu Bakr to explain the matter. After due consideration, the Caliph decided that Khalid was not guilty. He did, however, upbraid his general for marrying Layla and thus leaving himself open to criticism, and since there was some possibility of a mistake, as certain people believed that Malik was a Muslim, Abu Bakr ordered the payment of blood-money to the heirs of Malik.