The History of the Battle of Badr Explained

the month of ramadhan wasn't always free from hardships even for the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his companions one of these hardships was the Battle of Badr one of the few battles mentioned in the holy quran fought on the 17th of ramadan or 13th of march 6 - for two years after the hijra it was the first large-scale engagement between the Muslims and the Haresh opposing around 313 Muslims were 950 well-equipped Mexican soldiers what circumstances led to the battle what allowed the Muslims to win and what were its consequences for the centuries that followed if you're enjoying this video be sure to subscribe to the Muslim vibe on YouTube and turn on that notification belt so you never miss video when the Prophet Muhammad moved to Medina the Meccans used to launch raids against Medina to steal livestock belonging to the Muslims during those first couple of years or months after the prophet's migration to Medina the operation the people of Mecca necessarily hadn't stopped their onslaught and strategizing in terms of how they were going to damage the Muslim community and really try to you know eradicate the presence and the prestige of the messenger sallallaahu do sediment because they can sing they consistently saw him as this massive threat toward their power toward their authority toward their opportunity financially economically so on Abu Sufian along with lot of the other Nobles of Mecca and of the age they gathered together in order to virtually create this perhaps economic onslaught against the early Muslim community Abu Sufyan was coming back from voyage from Syria back toward Mecca holding lot of wealth and property again in their method Torah strategize about how they were going to continue to isolate the prophet alayhi Salaam and the Prophet recognized that this was going to be threat to the small growing Muslim community in Medina as well as those who were still remained in Mecca shortly after the hijra under unbearable pressure an out of necessity the versus allowing Muslims to defend themselves were revealed where God says permission to fight has been given to those who were being fought because they were wrong and indeed Allah is competent to give them victory in January 6 - for two months before the battle 8th Muslims on mission to obtain information disguised as Pilgrims were discovered by Mexican Caravan they decided to fight then seize its goods and took prisoners and killed one of its men might have been on had Rami however the killing took place during the month of Rajab sacred month for Arabs in rich fighting was prohibited this offense led the Quraish to send an army to protect their caravans in April 6 to 4 it was reported Abu Sufyan was leading caravan from Syria to Mecca containing weapons to be used against the Muslims the Prophet gathered 313 men and went to butter 70 miles away from Medina to intercept the caravan however Mexican spies informed Abu Sufyan about the Muslims coming to intercept his Caravan Abu Sufian changed his course to take another part to Mecca and sent message to Mecca abu jahal replied to abu sufyan requests and gathered an army to fight against the muslims remember war is something that even we take look at sort of the socio-political circumstances in the world today it doesn't all of sudden start you know overnight there might be certain against marks that occur but it's something that builds up over the course of months over the course of years over the course of decades sometimes and one understands sort of that early history especially of the Prophet and the early Muslim community in Mecca their marginalization recognizing the power the authority the wealth the respect the oration that people of Mecca had and what real detriment that they could have made toward the Muslim community in Medina at that very sort of formative period in the religion of Islam and in the preaching and the message of the Prophet Nadia Saddam we can understand that it was for the general good all of those Muslims in Medina that the Prophet of Islam had to do what he had to do at midnight on the 13th of March the Quraysh marched into the valley of mother the Muslims arrived at the mother world one day before the Quraish the Muslims also brought 70 camels and two horses companions such as Abu Bakr Umar Ali and Hamza took part some of the most important chorus joined including Abu jihad for various reasons some while to protect their financial interest in the caravan others wanted to avenge Eibon Allah Hodari me the guard killed that Nakhla the battle began with champions from both armies emerging to engage in combat my brother Shia my son Walid and myself by the and and Ali the Muslims defeated the Meccan champions in three-on-three many's eilean Hamza killed their opponents they both then assisted Aveda while Elena's opponent died immediately Bader was mortally wounded to the neck alien Hamza then carried obeyed are backed into the Muslim Lions where he later died both armies then began sharing each other with arrows before attacking each other with many weapons when the Prophet gave the order to charge he threw handful of pebbles at the Meccans whilst yelling defaced me those faces God terrified their hearts and invalidate their feet the Meccans under strength and unenthusiastic about fighting promptly broke and ran the battle itself only lasted few hours and was over by the early afternoon the Holy Quran describes the force of the Muslim attack in many verses if you are steadfast and mindful of Allah your Lord will reinforce you with 5000 swooping angels if the enemy should suddenly attack you 14 Companions of the Holy Prophet were martyred in the battle and 70 men from the army of the Quraysh were killed including abou jihad amongst the 70 Quraish who were killed it is said that 22 235 died at Ali's hands many others were taken as prisoners and treated with dignity and respect the Muslim army caught approximately 50 prisoners of war instead of holding those prisoners of war and taking them as slave as was often done during that period of time the Prophet Adi Salam instructed that these 50 prisoners of war if they were literate and they had the opportunity to teach ten Muslims how to read and write they would be freed it's incredible if you really think about it right in order to stress number one on this idea of etiquette around war number two to stress the importance of education if these fifty they did not have the ability to teach ten Muslims how to read and write then they could pay ransom that money would be taken by the Prophet ISA nom and redistributed to the poor to the needy to the orphans into the widows of Medina and if they did not have the wealth then they could be freed the Battle of mother was decisive in asserting the strength of the Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula and for the Quraish and all other tribes acknowledged Muhammad as one of the most important Chiefs in the region the other major beneficiary of the battle was Abu Sufyan who safely protected the McKeon Caravan and with the loss of abu jahal was to become the leader of the Haresh the Battle of Badr is mentioned in surah al-e-imran and is subject of Sura and fun the Battle of Badr is powerful reminder that no matter how challenging the fights we face are or how strong our opponent can appear victory is always possible for those who put their faith in Allah for more great content like this be sure to subscribe to the Muslim vibe on YouTube and turn on that notification bell so you never miss video