Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 55
18 The Battle of BadR T he Quraish army consisted of one thousand soldiers, including one hundred men on horseback and seven hundred camels. When the Holy Prophet sa heard the news that the army had departed from Makkah, he called the Muslims to ask for their advice. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra , along with some of the other companions, suggested that they should confront the army outside of Mad i nah. The Holy Prophet sa accepted this plan, and left Mad i nah with an army of merely three hundred and thirteen Muslims, who were equipped with only seventy camels and three horses. After travelling for seven days, they arrived at a spot near the Red Sea where there were several wells collectively known as Badr.