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7 As‘ad Bin Zuraarah ra was put in charge of the Najjaar family. After his demise, some members of the Najjaar family approached the Holy Prophet saw and requested him to appoint a replacement for Hazrat As‘ad ra. The Holy Prophet saw replied, “You are my uncles, so I will be in charge of the Najjaar family myself. ” The Najjaar were overjoyed at this announcement. This was truly a huge priv- ilege for the family. belonged to this noble family. 8 Once the Holy Prophet saw said, “If I was a member of any family in Madinah, it would have been the Najjaar”. Preparing for the Battle of Uhud In the third year after Hijrah and the month of Shawwaal, peo- ple of Madinah heard that the enemy of Islam, Abu Sufyaan, was approaching their city with an army of three thousand highly skilled soldiers from all over Arab. The Meccans intended to attack Madinah with an army of camels loaded with weapons and two hundred of the finest war horses under the leadership of their (then non-believer) commander, Khalid Bin Waleed ra. The Holy Prophet saw immediately instructed Muslims to pre- pare for war. After consulting with his companions, he decided to fight the war outside Madinah. When women came to know about the departure of the Muslim army, a group of them includ- ing ra approached the Holy Prophet saw 8. Tadhkaar-e-Sahaabiyyaat by Talib al-Hashmi, ‘Hazrat Umm-e- Ummaarah ra ’ p. 391, Published by Al-Badr Publications, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore.