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3. Muhammad(S)
9.61
ISL Quran Subjects
Defaming
1. (Also see) Backbiting, Blaspheming, Blasphemy, Maligning, Profanity, Reviling, Scandal-mongering, Slander,
Slandering
2. Muhammad(S) in matters of alms
9.58
3. One another
49.11
BADR:
3:13 - "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in combat): one was
fighting in the cause of Allah the other resisting Allah; these saw with their own eyes twice
their number. But Allah doth support with His aid whom He pleaseth. In this is a warning for
such as have eyes to see." 352353
352 This refers to the battle of Badr in Ramadhan in the second year of the Hijra. The little exiled community of Makkan
Muslims, with their friends in Madinah had organised themselves into a God-fearing community, but were constantly in
danger of being attacked by their Pagan enemies of Makkah in alliance with some of the disaffected elements (Jews
and Hypocrites) in or near Madinah itself. The design of the Makkans was to gather all the resources they could, and
with an overwhelming force, to crush and annihilate Muhammad and his party. To this end Abu Sufyan was leading a
richly-laden caravan from Syria to Makkah. He called for armed aid from Makkah, The battle was fought in the plain of
Badr, about 150 kilometers south-west of Madinah. The Muslim force consisted of only about 313 men, mostly illarmed,
but they were led by Muhammad, and they were fighting for their Faith. The Makkan army, well-armed and
well-equipped, numbered over a thousand and had among its leaders some of the most experienced warriors of
Arabia, including Abu Jahl, the inveterate foe and persecutor of Islam. Against all odds the Muslims won a brilliant
victory, and many of the enemy leaders, including Abu Jahl, were killed. (3.13)
353 It was impossible, without the miraculous aid of Allah, for such a small and ill-equipped force as was the Muslim band,
to defeat the large and well-found force of the enemy. But their Faith, firmness, zeal, and discipline won them divine
aid. Enemy prisoners stated that the enemy ranks saw the Muslim force to be many times larger than it was. (3.13)
354 The pleasures of this world are first enumerated: women for love; sons for strength and pride; hoarded riches, which
procure all luxuries; the best and finest pedigree horses; cattle, the measure of wealth in the ancient world, as well as
the means and symbols of good farming in the modern world; and broad acres of well-tilled land. By analogy, we may
include, for our mechanized age, machines of all kinds,-tractors, motor- cars, aeroplanes, the best internal-combustion
engines, etc., etc. In "heaped-up hoards of gold and silver," the Arabic word translated hoards is quanatir plural of
quintar, which literally means a Talent of 1.200 ounces of gold. (3.14)
3:123 - Allah had helped you at Badr when ye were a contemptible little force; then fear Allah; thus
may ye show your gratitude. 444
444 Gratitude to Allah is not to be measured by words. It should show itself in conduct and life. If all the Muslims had
learnt the true lesson from the victory at Badr, their archers would not have left the posts appointed for them, nor the
two tribes mentioned in the last note ever wavered in their faith. (3.123
Sahih Bukhari Hadith Subjects
Military Expeditions
See: 2. The Prophet's prediction of the Badr martyrs
B 5.286
3. The Ghazwa of Badr
B 5.287
5. The reward of the Badr warriors
B 5.290
6. The number of the warriors of Badr
B 5.291, B 5.292, B 5.293, B 5.294, B 5.295, B 5.296
8. The superiority of those who fought the Badr battle
B 5.318, B 5.319
10. The participation of angels in the Badr battle
B 5.327, B 5.328, B 5.329, B 5.330
12. List of names of the Badr warriors
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