Seerah Chapters

The place where the Muslim army had camped was called Shawt. The Prophet ﷺ offered the Fajr prayer there. At that time, Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul was also with the army. He was a hypocrite. Three hundred young men were with him, and all of them were hypocrites. When they reached this place, Abdullah…

The Noble Prophet ﷺ returned from Quba to Madinah and consulted the Companions رضي الله عنهم regarding confronting the Qurayshi army. The opinion of the Prophet ﷺ was that instead of going outside the city to attack Quraysh, they should remain inside the city and defend themselves. Accordingly, the Prophet ﷺ said: “If you think…

Hazrat ‘Umayr رضي الله عنه then said: “O Messenger of Allah! I was always engaged in trying to extinguish this light of Allah, and I used to cause great suffering to those who had accepted Allah’s religion. “Now I request you to allow me to go to Makkah so that I may call the people…

In response to his brothers’ words, Hazrat al-Walid ibn al-Walid رضي الله عنه said: “I thought that if I accepted Islam in Madinah, people would say that I had accepted Islam because I was frightened by imprisonment.” When he then intended to migrate to Madinah, his brothers imprisoned him. When the Noble Prophet ﷺ learned…

Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith رضي الله عنه replied by describing what had happened on the battlefield: “By Allah! You can understand it like this: as soon as we came face-to-face with our enemy, it was as though we presented our necks before them, and they began killing us as they wished and capturing us as…

Hazrat Bilal رضي الله عنه saw him and called out loudly: “The leader of the disbelievers, Umayyah ibn Khalaf, is here! If Umayyah survives, then consider that I will not survive.” Hazrat ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf رضي الله عنه had seen Umayyah and his son running about. Hazrat ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Awf رضي الله عنه…

The fighting between the two continued for some time, with blows being exchanged with their swords, until both of them were wounded. By that time, Hazrat Hamzah and Hazrat ‘Ali رضي الله عنهما had already defeated their respective opponents. Therefore, they both advanced toward them and finished off ‘Utbah. Then the wounded Hazrat ‘Ubaydah ibn…

Then the Noble Prophet ﷺ had a reservoir built at the well where the Islamic army had camped. He had it filled with water and ordered buckets to be placed there. In this way, Hazrat Hubab رضي الله عنه’s advice was acted upon. After this, Hazrat Hubab رضي الله عنه became known as Dhu Ra’y…

At the place of Rawha’, the Prophet ﷺ ordered that the army be counted. When they were counted, it was found that the number of fighters was 313. The Prophet ﷺ was pleased to hear this and said: “This is the same number as that of the companions of Talut who reached the river with…

Some Jews asked the Prophet ﷺ: “Tell us, where will the people be when, on the Day of Judgment, the forms of the earth and the heavens are changed?” The Prophet ﷺ replied: “At that time, the people will be in darkness near the Sirat.” Similarly, once the Jews asked the Prophet ﷺ about the…