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3. The Holy Prophet was well informed by his spies about their movement and prepared his master plan to crush them.

4. The Holy Prophet came out of Madina with his companions, but on his way suddenly changed his direction towards the rocky plains of Banu Harithah, and secretly reached the pass of Uhud behind the enemy lines.

5. Seeing this strange move, Abdullah bin Ubayy pulled out his 300 men and went back to Madina (making an excuse that his opinion for fighting inside Madina was not accepted). He could neither inform Quraish (i.e. the enemy) about the movement of the Holy Prophet, nor could he join the Muslim forces. The number of the true believers, who fought against the enemy was thus seven hundred.

6. The enemy was completely surprised to find the Holy Prophet at their rear in a strong defensive position.

7. The cavalry plan of the enemy to strike straight was rendered completely ineffective by the military strategy of the Holy Prophet. Note that the enemy had a cavalry of 200 horsemen under Khalid bin Waleed and an infantry of over 3000 under Ikramah bin Abu Jahl.

8. On reaching Uhud, the Holy Prophet organized his men for the battle. He appointed Zubair as leader of the small cavalry and appointed a few archers for his defense. A contingent of fifty archers under the leadership of Abdullah bin Jubair was appointed near the mountain of Ainain to defend the pass from any attack from the rear. The Holy Prophet instructed him not to leave the pass under any circumstances, no matter the Muslims emerge victorious or otherwise.

9. The Holy Prophet then divided his infantry division into two companies and ordered the one to advance in the direction of the mountain of Ainain. The enemy could not understand the significance of such a move.

10. Khalid bin Waleed without waiting for Ikramah bin Abu Jahl advanced his cavalry and attacked the Muslims, but was beaten back by the two- pronged attack of the archers. At the same time, Zubair (leader of the archers) was ordered to attack from the two wings of Khalid bin Waleed simultaneously. Khalid bin Waleed retreated in confusion and demoralized the rest of the army.

11. In the mean time, the Muslim forces attacked Ikramah’s army, which also fled in confusion and disorder. The Muslims emerged as victorious.

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