Chapter 16: Badrغزوة بدر
The year 2 A.H.Episode 40 / 94
The Battle of Badr
From the book · p. 36
The book’s text
The most significant battle fought in this year
Approximately eighty miles (128 km) from Madinah, there is a well called Badr. The village derived its name from this well. The battle of Badr was fought here.
The strength of the Quraish depended largely on trade. The profits earned through trade were used to fight the Muslims. It was decided that this pillar of strength should be weakened. There was a Quraishi caravan coming from (Syria) which ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of. He set out on the 12th 2 with three hundred and thirteen رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them) to confront this caravan. They reached Rowhaa which is forty miles (64km) to the south from Madinah and camped there. The leader of the Quraishi caravan heard of their plan and changed his route. He then sent a person with the message to the Quraish to prepare an army to assist him.
The Quraish had previously planned to attack the Muslims. When they received the news, they prepared an army of nine hundred and fifty youth. One hundred of them were on horseback. They had seven hundred camels. Many leaders of the Quraish and wealthy people joined this group.