Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 81
24 The Battle of Hunain A fter the victory of Makkah the Quraish had become Muslims, but the other Arab tribes were still disbelievers. The tribes Haw a zin, Thaq i f and some others set out with a very large force to attack the Muslims. The Holy Prophet sa set forth from Makkah to fight them. With him were ten thousand men who had come from Mad i nah, along with two thousand Makkans. The fighting took place in the valley of H unain. The disbelievers’ attack was so forceful that in the beginning the Muslims panicked, and on the battlefield there were only the Holy Prophet sa and a few companions left, including Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra , Hadrat ‘Umar ra , Hadrat ‘Al i ra , Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra , Hadrat ‘Al i bin ‘Abb a s ra , Hadrat Us a mah bin