Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 124
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa sa and said, "O Messenger of Allāh, go ahead with what Allāh has commanded you. We are with you. By Allāh, we shall not say to you as the. Jews said to Hadrat Moses", 'Go, you and your God fight the enemy, we will remain here behind. ' We will fight to the right of you, to the left of you, in front of you and behind you. '" (Sahih, Bukhari, Kitab al-Maghāzī, Ghazwah Badr). The trade caravan which had gone to Syria that year headed by Abū. Sufyan was extraordinarily loaded with merchandise. It was decided by the. Quraish that whatever the profit accrued that year, it would be spent on arms, horses, and other war material to fight the Muslims. . The trade caravan had reached Badr (200 miles from Mecca and 80 miles from Medina) when news came to the Meccan warriors who were just few miles away that the caravan had not encountered any attack from the Muslims. However, since the Meccans were so eager to fight the Holy. Prophet and his followers, they decided to proceed to fight the Muslims anyway. So, they camped at the stream of Badr. sa. When the Muslims learned that the trade caravan was coming from. Syria (on the north side) and that the Meccan army was marching towards. Medina (from the South), they thought that they would be hard pressed to face these two enemy groups at the same time. The Muslims had two possible alternatives. Either fight the Meccans with all their resources or use the other option and fight the trade caravan returning from Syria which was led by Abu Sufyān with only 40 not so well-armed men. This course was the safest and many Muslims preferred it. However, the other alternative was adopted by the Holy Prophet" in which the Muslims boldly faced the well-armed and well-equipped Quraish army of 1,000 men coming from Mecca. . Qur'an:. This situation is described in the following verses of the Holy 124