Battle Of Badr
The battle of Badr may have been no more than a skirmish by the standards of war such as humankind has engaged in. However in its symbolism and potential significance for the survival of Islam, it is clearly one of the most important battles in Muslim history. This battle, the first ever fought by Muslims, took place two years after the Migration to Medina, at Badr (wells of Badr). Muslims in Medina received intelligence reports that the Quraysh were preparing to launch a major attack on them with the intent of wiping them out permanently. Quraysh had been preparing for a confrontation with Muslims for a long time. They felt that this was the opportune time to destroy the Muslims while they are still weak, and they set out to do so with a well-equipped force of a thousand men, hundreds of them on horses. The two forces camped out at Badr. When they met the battle surprisingly resulted in an overwhelming victory for the much smaller and poorly equipped Muslim force over the Quraysh. In retrospect, it is easy to see why Muslims won so decisively. The Muslims were clearly highly motivated and well disciplined. The Quraysh, in contrast, were divided amongst themselves and their motivation
On their return to Medina, Abdullah told the prophet of what had happened and presented the booty, the prophet reminded him that he had not been permitted to act as so, and refused to accept the booty, His companions were highly engaged and explained to Abdullah that he had something for which he had had no orders for, and fought during a prohibited month, which was not permitted. Due to the harsh weather conditions, and the poorly commanded army of Quraish, and the strength of the Muslims which were well organized and were obedient to the prophets instructions and orders, the men of Quraish fell one after the other, leaving a tragic blow for Quraish, and they had lost a important man Abu Jahl. As for the Muslims they only lost 14 men. The Meccans were driven out and lots of their notable chiefs were left dead. The Muslims also captured some prisoners, and according to their rules of war and capturing prisoners, they had to be treated kindly. And each prisoner who taught 10 illiterate Muslims how to read and write was set free. The Quran is considered by many historians to be a primary source to this encounter, it promised the Muslims victory if they were patient enough to the hardships of the Battle that they will have the victory, this gave strength to the Muslim community, to fight with no fear. As Quraish made a furtive raid and carried away from their pasturage camels and cattle belongings to the people of Medina, Mohammad took a number of the emigrants with him and gave chase going for surrounding area of Badr, but the idolaters had made good their escape, however the following expedition a sariyyah had consequences which could have been very serious.
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