The Battle Of Badr
The most famous and significant raid for Muhammad’s prophetic mission which took place in the month of Ramadan in the second year of the hijra (c 624 AD) when he planned to attack and plunder a rich caravan of the Quraysh, returning from Syria under the care of Abu Sufyan, the leader of Mecca. After having fled with his followers from Mecca to Medina in the hijra Muhammad had continued his preaching, growing his ranks amongst the locals of Medina. Once Muhammad had felt his position strong enough, he had embarked upon raids against the caravans of the Meccans. One day two followers of Muhammad, who were in Badr (A place near Medina), heard two girls from the village discussing a deht, and one said to the other, 'The Caravan will come in 1-2 days and I will work for them, and then pay you what l owe you'. After getting this information both Muslims immediately rode off to the Muhammad and told him what they had oyerheard. Great wealth amounting to 50 th...