Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 123
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa 7. Battles of Badr, and Uhud. Battle of Badr sa. The leaders of the non-believers in Mecca were furious due to the migration of the Holy Prophet" to Medina. They were extremely disheartened due to the slipping away of the Holy Prophet" from their hands while they had made extraordinary preparations to kill him. News of the peaceful living of the Muslims in Medina made them angrier. All their efforts to destroy or stall the progress of the mission of the Holy Prophet had failed miserably. They were unable to stem the progress of the new faith. Furthermore, their trade route to Syria was within reach of the. Muslims. sa. So the Meccans continued to irritate and harass the Muslims. They instigated the non-Muslims of Medina against the Muslims and interfered with their right of pilgrimage. They started looking for causes to attack the. Muslims and destroy them. It happened so that under the leadership of Abū. Sufyan a caravan of 1000 camels laden with various types of goods including armaments was travelling from Syria to Mecca and had to pass close to Medina. Abū Sufyān informed the Meccans about his concern that the Muslims might attack the caravan. The Meccans immediately sent an army of 1000 war-ready men to Medina to attack the Muslims. When the. Holy Prophet learned about the march of the Meccan army towards. Medina, he consulted his Companions". After Ḥadrat Abu Bakr and. Hadrat Umar presented their views, Hadrat al-Miqdād bin 'Amr" stood up ra sa ra ra 123