Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 197
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 197 pieces of its liver before you. ’ This was a very wise observation as it changed the whole concept of the Muslims from confrontation with a strong well - armed force to the concept that God had brought the chiefs of Quraish out from Mecca to be destroyed at t he hands of the Muslims. Habib bin Mundhar submitted to the Holy Prophet that the spot chosen for the encampment of the Muslim force was not very suitable. He was asked whether he had any suggestion. He recommended that the Muslims should advance and should take possession of the spring of water nearest to Quraish, the water of which to his knowledge was both plentiful and pleasant. The Holy Prophet approved of the suggestion and the Muslims moved forward accordingly. The water of the spring was not as plentiful as was needed and a lso the new ground chosen for encampment was sandy and was not firm underfoot. At the suggestion of S’ad bin Muaz a tent was set up for the Holy Prophet who retired into it for the night along with Abu Bakr. While the men in the Muslim camp were able to sleep by turn during the night, the Holy Prophet spent the whole night in supplic ation. By Allah’s grace some rain fell during the night and the Muslims gathered a supply of water, and the rain also made the sand firm underfoot, while the ground under Quraish became muddy and their water became dirty. The dawn came. It was Friday, 17th of Ramadhan, 14 March 623. After Fajr Prayer, the Holy Prophet delivered a brief address on jihad. When it began to be light, he started organizing the Muslim force in battle array. One of them, Sawad, was standing out of line and the Holy Prophet indicated to him with his arrow