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The Holy Prophet was quite pleased with Sad bin Maaz, and then he addressed to his companions:

& Let us go (and fight Abu Jahl) and be happy that Allah has

promised me to select one of the two groups of the enemy

(i.e. either of Abu Jahl or of Abu Sufyan) (for victory). (8:7)

By Allah! Right at this time, I am seeing the places of death

(separation) of the people of the enemy (i.e. of Abu Jahl).”

(The Holy Prophet selected the huge army of Abu Jahl for fighting and set aside the small caravan led by Abu Sufyan)

9. The Holy Prophet reached Badr before Abu Jahl and occupied the fountains as well as the high strategic points of the valley from where he could force the enemy to face his arrows and onslaught and also to make his cavalry (horsemen) ineffective. When Abu Jahl reached Badr, he had no choice but to stay at the lower part of the valley, which became muddy, sticky and slippery when the rainfall occurred at night. The cavalry of the enemy, thus, could not move ahead. And when they tried to launch an overall attack, they had toface the arrows of the Muslims.

11. The enemy was tired as well as exhausted with thirst, and was thus, not in a position to withstand the onslaught of the Muslims.

12. On accepting the challenge of Quraish for an individual fight, Hamza and Ali straight away quite quickly killed their strong and famous rivals. This further greatly demoralized the enemy.

13. When an over all fight took place, the Muslims crushed them severelykilling seventy of their ring leaders and holding seventy of them as captives. The enemy was, thus severely defeated with their Commander, Abu Jahl crushed and killed.

[Zia-ul-Quran, Encyclopedia on Seerah, Ibn Hashsham, Ibn Khaldun, and Sahih Al-Bukhari]

[ Note: See the Verses of Al-Quran regarding the Battle of Badr under:

3:123;8:1-21,39-75.]

B) The battle of Uhud: (It took place in the month of Shawal of 3rd Al-Hijrah.)

1. The Quraish, being greatly upset after their defeat in the battle of Badar, decided to take revenge from the Muslims. They proceeded to Madina under Abu Sufyan with1000 heavily equipped personnel plus a cavalry of 200 horsemen, as against 700 partially equipped Muslims plus 300 men of Abdullah bin Ubayy (the hypocrite) who went back without participating in the battle.

2. The enemy encamped near the mountain of Uhud (outside Madina) due to the connivance and treachery of Abdullah bin Ubayy (leader of the hypocrites of Madina), who secretly invited them to attack the Muslims.

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