The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 136
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 136 Ghazwah or Sariyyah , 1 readily agreed to participate in this Jihād. Hence, it is narrated that the Holy Prophet sa established a body in Madīnah, and sought council from his Companions. Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra and Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra delivered passionate addresses, but the Holy Prophet sa did not react to them in any way. From this, the chieftains of the Anṣār understood that the speech of the Holy Prophet sa was directed to them. As such, Sa‘d bin ‘Ubādah ra , chieftain of the Khazraj, delivered a passionate address and said, “O Messenger of Allāh! The Anṣār are ready to offer any service, and are prepared to go wherever you command. ” After this, the Holy Prophet sa publicly called for volunteers and a party of the Anṣār and Muhājirīn prepared to set out with the Holy Prophet sa. 2 However, since the general impression existed that this campaign was directed towards the caravan, many Companions did not participate, in the thought that if this was merely an issue of the interception of a caravan then so many people were not required. 3 On the other hand, those select Companions who had been informed by the Holy Prophet sa that the army of the Quraish was advancing, but had been ordered to silence, felt anxiety as to whether they would be able to fulfill the important duty of protecting the Holy Prophet sa in the case of an encounter with the army of the Quraish on this occasion. As such, it is with these very people in mind that the Holy Qur’ān states the following: “ A group of the believers were averse to the Holy Prophet sa setting out from Madīnah (taking into account their own apparent strength), and considered 1 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 254, Ghazwatu Badr, Dāru Iḥyā’it- Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 19, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thāniyatu Minal-Hijrah / Dhikru Waq‘ati Badril- Kubrā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 315, Amrul-‘Aqabatith- Thāniyyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) [Publishers] 2 * Ṣaḥīḥu Muslim, Kitābul-Jihād Was-Siyar, Bābu Ghazwati Badr, Ḥadīth No. 4621 * Sunanu Abī Dāwūd, Kitābul-Jihād, Bābu Fil-Asīri Yunālu Minhu. . . . . , Ḥadīth No. 2861 3 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, pp. 20-21, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thāniyatu Minal-Hijrah / Dhikru Waq‘ati Badril-Kubrā, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * 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)