Expedition of Dhu al-Ushayra

In late Jumada al-Ula 2 AH (November 623 CE) the Prophet went out with a hundred and fifty (some say two hundred) of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan bound for al-Sham, which carried great wealth belonging to the people of Mecca. ¹

The Prophet left Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad al-Makhzumi in charge of Medina. The banner was white and was carried by Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. ^{2 3}

The Prophet reached the place of Dhu al-Ushayra in the district of Yanbu and found that the caravan had passed him by days. It was the same caravan he had gone out after on its return from al-Sham, and it was the direct cause of the great Battle of Badr. ¹

On this expedition the Prophet concluded a treaty of non-aggression and truce with Banu Mudlij and their allies from Banu Damra, and returned to Medina in early Jumada al-Akhira without fighting. ^{1 4}

In Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Akhira of the second year, the Prophet went out with some hundred and fifty of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan bound for al-Sham. He reached Dhu al-Ushayra and found that the caravan had got away by days. There he made a pact of non-aggression with Banu Mudlij and their allies from Banu Damra, and he left Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad in charge. ^{1 2}.