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264 , THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Messenger of God (SAAS) was standing praying. The youths told them they were water carriers sent to bring them water. "The Muslim force disliked what they said and, believing they were under the command of Aba Sufym, beat them. After they had been severely beaten, the youths said that they were from Aba Sufyan. The Muslims then released them. "The Messenger of God (SAAS) bowed and prostrated in prayer twice and said, 'When they spoke the truth you beat them and when they lied you released them! They did speak the truth, by God. They are of Quraysh. Now, you two, tell me about Quraysh!' They responded, 'They are beyond that sandhill you can see over on the far side of the valley.' That sandhill was called al-'Aqanqal. "The Messenger of God (SAAS) asked them, 'How many men do they have?' 'Very many,' they replied. 'How many in number?' he asked. 'We don't know,' they answered. 'How many camels do they slaughter each day?' he next asked. 'Some days nine, others ten,' they told him. The Messenger of God (SAAS) concluded, 'So their force must be between 900 and 1000 men.' "He then asked them, 'What Quraysh nobles do they have among them?' "They replied, 'Wtba b. Rabi'a, Shayba b. Rabi'a, Aba al-Bukhtari b. Hishm, Hakim b. Hizm, Nawfal b. Khuwaylid, al-Harith b. 'Amir b. Nawfal, TuCayma b. 'Adi b. Nawfal, al-Nadr b. al-H~th, Zam'a b. al-Aswad, Aba Jahl b. Hishm, Umayya b. Khalaf, Nabih and Munabbih, two sons of al-Hajjaj, Suhayl b. 'Amr and 'Amr b. 'Abd Wudd.' "The Messenger of God (SAAS) went out to his men and told them, 'This Mecca has thrown at you slices of its very liver!'" Ibn Ishaq stated, "Basbas b. 'Amr and 'Adi b. Aba al-Zaghba' had gone on ahead to Badr and halted at a hill near the well. They then took a water-skm they had and went to fetch water. Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani was there at the well and 'Adi and Basbas heard two girls from the village laying claims on the water. The one under obligation was saying to her companion, 'The caravan will arrive tomorrow or the day after. I will work for them, then pay you what I owe you.' Majdi answered, 'You are right.' He then made a settlement between them. "'Adi and Basbas overheard that, mounted their camels and left, riding back to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and telling him what they heard. "Aba Sufyw led the caravan cautiously ahead to the well and asked Majdi b. 'Amr, 'Did you see anyone?' He replied, 'I saw no one suspicious, except for two riders who dismounted over at that hill, took water in a skin they had, then left.' "Aba Sufy3.n made his way to where they had dismounted and picked up some of the droppings of their camels, broke it up and found it contained datestones. He then said, 'I swear this is from feed of Yathrib.' "He then hurried back to his men, struck his camel to direct it away from the road and headed it towards the sea coast, leaving Badr to his left and moving off at top speed.
"Quraysh advanced and at al-Juhfa Juhayrn b. al-Salt b. Makhrama b. al-Muccalib b. 'Abd Manaf had a vision. He said, 'I had a vision in my sleep, while half-way between waking and sleeping, of a man riding a horse and leading a camel, who came to a halt. He then said, 'Wtba b. Rabi'a, Shayba b. Rabica, Aba al-Hakam b. Hisham, Umayya b. Khalaf and so on, are all killed!' He went on to enumerate other chiefs of Quraysh as well who were killed at Badr. "Juhaym went on, 'I then saw him strike the upper chest of his camel and send it on into the camp. And every single tent there was splattered with its blood.' "When Juhaym's vision was reported to Aba Jahl, God damn him, he said, 'So he too is a prophet from the 'Abd al-Mucwlib family! He'll know tomorrow who will be killed, if we meet in battle!"' Ibn Ishaq continued, "Thinking he had saved his caravan, Aba Sufyan sent word to Quraysh, 'You came out to do battle in order to protect your caravan, people and wealth; God has now saved these, so go back!' "But Abn Jahl b. Hisham said, 'By God, we'll not turn around until we reach Badr!"' Badr was a place where the Arabs would hold a fair and market each year. (Aba Jahl went on) 'L'We'll stay there three days, slaughter some camels, eat well, drink wine and the entertainers will play music for us. The bedouin will get to hear of our journey and of our gathering there, and they will always respect us for it. Let's proceed ahead.' "AI-Akhnas b. Shariq b. 'Amr b. Wahb al-Thaqafi, an ally ofthe Bana Zuhra, who lived in al-Juhfa, said, '0 Bana Zuhra, God has saved your wealth for you and has now rendered your companion Makhrama b. Nawfal safe; since you only came out to protect him and the wealth he bears, put the blame for cowardice on me and go back. There is no need for you to go to battle when you have suffered no loss. Don't do as he says.' "And they did go back; not one member of the Zuhra tribe took part in the battle of Badr. They obeyed him because they recognized his authority. "Every sub-tribe of Quraysh except the Bana 'Adi did participate. Not a single one of them took part. "And so the Bana Zuhra went back with al-Akhnas; not a man from these two tribes engaged in the battle." Ibn Ishaq went on, "And so the force proceeded. There was some debate between Talib b. Abn Talib, who was present there, and some of the Quraysh. They told him, 'We well know, you men of the Bana Hashim, that even though you have come out with us, that your sympathy lies with Muhammad.' And so Talib went back to Mecca with some other men. On that subject he spoke the following verses, '0 God, if Tdib goes to battle with a force allied to fight in great troops like there,
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The Center for Muslim Contribution
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CONTENTS Foreword About this Series
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CONTENTS vii Chapter: On the birth
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ABOUT THIS SERIES THIS series of Ar
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