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To begin, let us be clear about
the fact that during the life
time of the Holy Prophet, all
battles were forced upon the
Muslims and at no point they
initiated it. It was purely and
wholly defensive in nature to
protect the lives and property
of the people.
When the Holy Prophet
participated in the battles, it
was called “Ghazava” and when he
appointed a commander and did
not personally accompany the
Muslim army, it was called a “Sarya”.
There were 26 ghazawaat and 36
sarya during the life time of
the Holy Prophet.
Battle of Badr was fought in the
month of Ramazaan of 2 A.H.
(After Hijra).
On the night of Hijrat, Holy
Prophet asked Imam Ali to sleep
in his bed as the Meccans were
planning to assassinate him. The
Holy Prophet left Mecca and
proceeded towards Medina. Next
morning, Imam Ali returned the
goods entrusted to Holy Prophet
to its owners and left for
Medina. After some time, when
the Quraish came to know that
the Holy Prophet had reached
Medinaand that Islam was
flourishing, they became very
upset and started large scale
preparations to invade Medina.
They also started conspiring
with the Jews to crush Muslims.
The Holy Prophet came to know
that the Meccans were planning
to invade Medina and also Abu
Sufiyan was returning from
Syriawith large war materials.
He, along with about three
hundreds companions, proceeded
to Bader, a village 80 miles
from Medina.
Hazrat Atika, daughter of Hazrat
Abdul Mutallib, dreamed that a
camel-rider was calling the
Quraish to go towards their
death. She told this to her
brother Abbas and in short it
spread like wild fire. Abu
Sufiyan sent for help and the
Quraish collected an army of
about 950 to fight with the Holy
Prophet. The Holy Prophet
consulted the companions and
when every one agreed to face
the enemy, he foretold the
Muslims that Allah had promised
victory. There are 11 ayats of
Holy Qur’an about this war;
Chapter 8 ayat 11, ayat 5 to 8,
and ayat 9 and 10.
There were only 313 Muslims to
face the enemy. On the morning
of 17 Ramazaan, the Meccans sent
3 men to fight with Muslims.
They were Atba, Shaiba, and
Waleed. The Holy Prophet sent
Hazrat Hamza, Imam Ali, and
Ubaida. Imam Ali killed Waleed,
Hazrat Hamza killed Atba, but
Ubaida got injured and Imam Ali
killed Shaiba. Waleed was the
nephew of Muavia.
Then all out war started and the
zeal of Muslims together with
Allah’s help, Meccans were
defeated. They lost 70 people of
which 35 were killed by the Lion
of Allah-Imam Ali. Another 70
were injured while 10 Muslims
were shaheed. Some of the
prisoners were given the option
to teach Muslims how to read and
write. It is a unique ransom in
human history.
The battle of Badr demonstrated
the great devotion of the
disciples to the cause and their
complete faith in the Prophet .
It also proved that numerical
superiority and matching valor
are of no avail if the cause is
not righteous. This battle had
far reaching consequences. Till
then, the Muslims were a
harassed band avoiding any major
conflict. This victory gave them
confidence in their physical
power. It also prevented smaller
tribes from conspiring against
Muslims and gave a severe blow
to the prestige of Quraish. The
Jews in and around Medina were
alarmed by the emerging power of
Muslims, but their enmity did
not abate. |
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