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Battle of Badr Notes

The Battle of Badr took place in 624 CE between 313 Muslim warriors led by the Prophet Muhammad and a Quraysh force of 1,000 men led by Abu Jahl. The two sides fought after negotiations to avoid confrontation failed. During the battle, Muslim fighters like Hamza and Ali defeated their opponents in duels. With divine assistance from angels sent by God, the Muslims were victorious, killing 70 Quraysh and taking 70 prisoner with only 14 Muslim casualties. The prisoners were treated humanely and many accepted Islam.

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Battle of Badr Notes

The Battle of Badr took place in 624 CE between 313 Muslim warriors led by the Prophet Muhammad and a Quraysh force of 1,000 men led by Abu Jahl. The two sides fought after negotiations to avoid confrontation failed. During the battle, Muslim fighters like Hamza and Ali defeated their opponents in duels. With divine assistance from angels sent by God, the Muslims were victorious, killing 70 Quraysh and taking 70 prisoner with only 14 Muslim casualties. The prisoners were treated humanely and many accepted Islam.

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The battle of Badr took place on 17 Ramadan, 2 AH (624 CE). The Quraish force, led by Abu Jahl, was
1000-strong. The Prophet (pbuh) camped near the wells of Badr with 313 men, sixty camels and three
horses. The Prophet (pbuh) sent ‘Umar to negotiate with the Quraish to avoid confrontation but the
Quraish took it as a sign of weakness. The Prophet (pbuh) prayed to God for help. As was the custom,
the confrontation began with duels. Hamza and ‘Ali, from the Muslims, overcame their opponents. The
Muslims were victorious, they fought with courage and determination. (Sura 3:13 reveals that God sent
angels to help.) Seventy of the enemy were killed (Abu Jahl was among them) and seventy were taken as
prisoners of war. Fourteen Muslims were martyred. There was a great deal of booty. The prisoners were
treated kindly and humanely and many of them accepted Islam. Rich prisoners were ransomed. Those
who could read and write were asked to teach Muslim children for a fixed time and then they were set
free.

Detailed answer:
Battle of Badr took place in 624, the 2nd year of Hijra. The immediate reason was the caravan of Abu
Sufyan which was coming back from Syria. Quresh thought the Muslims were going to attack the
Caravan. The Quresh were expecting this attack due to the background events which were taking place
for many days. Abu Sufyan stopped the caravan on his way and sent a man to Makkah who gave the
message that the caravan was attacked. Abu Jahl was ready with 1000 armed men and their intention
was to eliminate Medina completely.

Prophet (saw) took his people from Medina. They were 313 and poorly equipped. There were eighty-
two (82) Muhajreen and two hundred and thirty-one (231) Ansar who willingly went with Muhajreen.
There were only two horses and seventy camels in the Muslim army.

The Prophet stayed near Badr which is about 60 miles away from Medina. During his journey, the
Prophet (saw) prayed to God that if this small group was eliminated, no one would name Islam in future.
It was 17th Ramadan when the battle took place. According to tradition, the battle started in the early
morning. First three men of Quresh came out and invited Muslims to fight against them. From Muslim
army, three Ansar came out to fight but the Quresh refused and asked Muhajreen to fight. Now Ali (ra),
Hamza (ra) and Ubaidah bin Jarrah came out and killed all three men of Quresh. After this the battle
started.

Soon God decided in favor of Muslims. The Quran says that Allah sent 1000 angels to help Muslims. Sura
Al Anfaal says:

“He showed them to you as few in your eyes and made you contemptible

  in their eyes”.

The battle ended soon in which seventy pagans were killed, seventy were captured and fourteen
Muslims were martyred.  Almost all the pagans were prominent lords of Makkah. Abu Jahl was killed by
two Ansari boys. Against the traditions of Arabs, Muslims treated the pagans with mercy. Those who
could pay the ransom were released and those could not pay and were educated were asked to teach
children of Medina for some time.   

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