The Expedition of Badr al-Maw'ida

غزوة بدر الموعد

c. January 626 CE · Sha'ban 4 AH

Badr

In Sha'ban 4 AH (January 626 CE), the Prophet ﷺ marched with 1,500 fighters to Badr to meet Abu Sufyan according to their Uhud rendezvous; Abu Sufyan departed with 2,000 Meccans but retreated from Majanna citing a drought year, leaving the Muslims in full mastery of the annual Badr fair for eight days.

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The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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610620630640 c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

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Badr

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Badr
Had participant
Muhammad· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Ali ibn Abi Talib· Quraysh
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The Prophetic Era

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The build-up to Badr: Abu Sufyan's caravan, Mecca's muster and the Prophet's march· The Battle of Badr· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina· The day of Badr: the lines, the duels and the victory· The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)· The Battle of Uhud· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· Expedition of al-Sawiq

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
  • Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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The build-up to Badr: Abu Sufyan's caravan, Mecca's muster and the Prophet's march

In Ramadan of the second year of the Hijra the Prophet set out to intercept Abu Sufyan's caravan returning from Syria; Quraysh mustered to defend it, and the two armies moved towards Badr; Abu Sufyan turned the caravan to the coast, Banu Zuhra withdrew under al-Akhnas ibn Shariq, and the Meccan army pressed on to Badr, where the Prophet learned their numbers from two water-carriers.