Expedition of Sayf al-Bahr

The first military expedition the Prophet appointed from Medina took place in Ramadan 1 AH (March 623 CE). He put his uncle Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib in command of thirty men of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan coming from al-Sham. ¹

The Prophet gave Hamza the first white banner in Islam, and it was carried by Kannaz ibn Husayn al-Ghanawi. They marched until they reached the seashore on the side of al-Is, where they met the Meccan caravan, with three hundred riders under Abu Jahl Amr ibn Hisham. ^{1 2}

The two sides lined up for battle. Majdi ibn Amr al-Juhani, an ally who was at peace with both sides, walked between them, going back and forth until he held them apart. Both sides withdrew without fighting. ^{1 3}

In Ramadan of the second year the Prophet sent Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib with thirty men of the Muhajirun to intercept a Quraysh caravan in which Abu Jahl ibn Hisham was travelling with three hundred men. When the two parties faced each other, Majdi ibn Amr al-Juhani held them apart, and they did not fight. Hamza's banner was the first banner the Prophet tied. ¹.