Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 136
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa and Banu Sulaim tribesmen was travelling towards Medina to attack the. Muslims, he led an expeditin of Muslim fighters to Qarqarat al-Kudr to meet them. However, the enemy gave up the idea when they learned about the march of the Holy Prophet" and his Companions" out of Medina to face them. When the Muslim force arrived at Qarqarat al-Kudr, they found camel traces but no men. The Muslims seized the camels they found in the area without battle. Later on the Holy Prophet learned that Bani Tha‘labah and Bani Muharib tribesmen had gathered at Dhū Amarr to attack the. Muslims. The Holy Prophet led a force of four hundred and fifty fighters to fight the enemy on their own grounds. However, when the enemy force learned of the arrival of the Muslim force they retreated to the mountains. . Ghazwah al-Sawiq sa sa. After defeat at Badr, Abu Sufyan took a vow that he would not touch his wives nor comb his hair till he had avenged the defeat. In order to fulfill this vow and to show that all was not lost to the Meccans and the. Quraish were still strong, he mobilized two hundred Meccans and led them towards Medina. Sallām ibn Mishkam, Chief of the Jewish tribe of Banū. Nadir, treated them to a feast and divulged the weak points of Medina's fortifications. On the next night, Abū Sufyan and his cohorts attacked a village called al-'Urayd. They martyred an Anṣār, Sa'd ibn 'Amr, and set fire to a number of houses and orchards. When this news reached the Holy. Prophet, the Muslims hotly pursued the raiders. Abu Sufyān and his party were frightened and they fled in a hurry, abandoning their provisions. The. Muslims followed them and collected the provisions of wheat and barley left by them and returned home. This gave the raid its name, "al-Sawiq" (the battle of the flour). This raid by Abū Sufyan and his party did not increase the prestige of the Quraish as they had hoped. Rather, their fleeing instead of fighting the Muslims increased the prestige of the Muslims tremendously. sa 136