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227 227 227 227 227 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION 3000 soldiers with Abu Sufyaan as their leader. The Holy Prophet sa marched out of Medina with nearly 1000 men. Before reaching Uhud, Abdullah Bin Ubayy betrayed the Muslims and withdrew with his 300 men (Jews of Medina), leaving only 700 men with the Holy Prophet sa. At first, the Muslims fought so bravely that the Meccans were on the run. Seeing this, a group of fifty Muslims, who were appointed to guard a mountain pass located in the rear, started leaving their position. (Al-Qur’an, 3:153-55) Khalid Bin Waleed, one of the Meccan commanders, spotted that the opening was now unguarded. Soon, he gathered his fleeing men and attacked the Muslims from their rear. The Muslims suffered heavy losses. Even the Holy Prophet sa was hurt when a stone hurled at him broke two of his teeth, and he fell down unconscious, among the heap of Muslims lying dead. But the Meccan army could not achieve its prime target, because soon the scattered Muslims gathered around the Holy Prophet sa , and the Meccans left the battlefield. After the Battle of Uhud, the Holy Prophet sa narrowly escaped an attempt on his life, made by Banu Nadeer, a Jewish tribe. As a result of this, the Prophet ordered them to leave Medina. Most of them settled in Khyber and started instigating the Quraish against the Muslims. The Quraish were already alarmed at the spread of Islam despite the setback received by the Muslims at the battle of Uhud. The Meccans, along with their Jewish allies, once again marched upon Medina, under the leadership of Abu Sufyaan. The estimates of their army range from ten to twenty thousand. The Holy Prophet sa had only about three thousand men under his command. On the advice of Salman Farsi ra , the Prophet ordered his men to dig a defensive trench, about one mile long, on the open side of Medina. The Meccans were amazed to find their entry into the town blocked by the trench. They camped short of the trench and Medina was besieged for one month. They made continuous attempts to cross the trench, but failed. In the end, God’s help came in the form of a stormy night, when a fierce wind put out the bonfire in front of their camp. They considered it a bad sign which alarmed them so much that they started leaving the place in panic. Next morning, the Muslims were surprised to see that the plain was empty on the other side of the trench. Expulsion of Banu Nadeer (624 A. D. ,Rabi-ul- Awwal 4 A. H. ) Battle of Khandaq (Ditch) or Ahzaab (627 A. D. , Shawwaal 5 A. H. ) 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1 6. 1 H H H H H O L O L O L O L O LY Y Y Y Y P P P P P ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET SA SA SA SA SA A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS UCCESSORS — L — L — L — L — L I F E I F E I F E I F E I F E O F O F O F O F O F H H H H H O L O L O L O L O LY Y Y Y Y P P P P P ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET ROPHET SA SA SA SA SA