The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 94
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 94 was apprehended that thoughts of this nature could develop among weaker dispositions. As such, it is related with regards to the Ghazwah of Badr that many Companions did not participate in this Ghazwah , because they thought that this campaign was only to intercept a caravan. Otherwise, had they known that war was to take place with the army of the Quraish, they would have most definitely taken part. 1 This is practical evidence to substantiate that in the interception of these caravans, the Companions had no interest in their wealth and riches. The reason being that if this was the case, then the state of affairs should have been that the Companions would have come forward to participate in greater majority, while here, the situation seems to be the exact opposite. I do not imply that all of the Companions were the same. Undoubtedly, among them there were weaker ones as well and naturally this weakness was relatively greater in the beginning. However, the transformation which the community of Companions exhibited under the training of the Holy Prophet sa as a whole, is remarkably astounding and truly unparalleled. 1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, pp. 415-416, Ghazwatu Badril-Kubrā / Nadbul-Muslimīna Lil-‘Īr, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 22, Dhikru Mā Kāna Minal-Umūril-Madhkūrati Fī Awwali Sanatim-Minal-Hijrati / Khuṭbatu Rasūlillāhi sa Fī Awwali Jumu‘atin…. . , Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 254, Ghazwatu Badrin, Dāru Iḥyā’it- Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)