Amr ibn Hashim known as Abu Jahl (meaning father of folly/ignorance, see also Jahiliyyah) was named by Muhammad himself. He was one of the leaders in Mecca prior to the city's surrender to Muhammad's army. His son was Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl. Abu Jahl became the head of of the Banu Hashim after the death of Abu Talib, becoming one among the leaders of Quraish, and among the chieftains that in varying degrees kept a relentless hostility towards the Muslims. When a Muslim convert was discovered among the hierarchy of a tribe, Abu Jahl would reprimand the convert and then ridicule him in front o ...

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In the spring of 624, Muhammad received word from his intelligence sources that a large trade caravan commanded by Abu Sufyan, one of the richest of the year and guarded by thirty-forty men, was travelling from Syria to Mecca. Because of the caravan's size, or perhaps because of the previous failures to intercept a caravan, Muhammad gathered an army of over 300 men, the largest army the Muslims had ever put in the field.[8] Not only did Muhammad command the army himself, he also brought many of his to ...

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Battle of Badr - Meccans. (Listed in alphabetical order) Amr ibn Hisham (Meccan Commander, Killed) Abu Sufyan ibn Harb · As ibn Sa'id (Killed) · Safwan ibn Umayah · Umayah ibn Khalaf (Killed) · Umayr ibn Wahb · Uqbah ibn Abu Mu'ayt (Killed) · Utba ibn Rabi'ah (Killed) · Walid ibn Mughira (Killed) · Walid ibn Utba (Killed) · Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid · Wahb ibn Umayr (Prisoner) Battle ...

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Virtually all contemporary knowledge of the Battle of Badr comes from traditional Islamic accounts, both hadiths and biographies of Muhammad, written down decades after the battle. There are several reasons for this: first, many Arabs of the Arabian peninsula were illiterate (Including Muhammad) and oral traditions were the default method of passing on information. By the time the Armies of Islam had conquered the more literate Arabs of Syria and Iraq, practically all Quraish had been converted to Islam, eliminating any chance of a non-Musli ...

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The Battle of Badr is one of the few battles explicitly discussed in the Quran. It is even mentioned by name in Sura 3:123, as part of a comparison with the Battle of Uhud. Allah had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible little force; then fear Allah; thus May ye show your gratitude. Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: "Is it not enough for you that Allah should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent down? "Yea, - if ye remain firm, and act aright, even if the enemy should rush here on you in hot haste, your Lord ...

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At dawn on March 17, the Quraish broke camp and marched into the valley of Badr. It had rained the previous day and they struggled to move their horses and camels up the hill of 'Aqanqal (Sources say the sun was already up by the time they reached the summit).[23] After they descended from 'Aqanqal, the Meccans set up another camp inside the valley. While they rested, they sent out a scout, Umayr ibn Wahb to reconoiter the Muslim lines. Umayr reported that Muhammad's army was small, and that there we ...

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Battle of Badr - Casualties and prisoners. Ibn Ishaq reports that on the Muslim side 6 Quraishi Muslims and 8 Ansar were killed, and that 50 men of the Meccans were killed and 43 more taken prisoner.[citation needed] Al-Bukhari lists Meccan losses as seventy dead and seventy captured.[33] This would be about 15%-16% of the Quraishi army. although since the actual number of Meccan troops present at Badr may have been significantly lower, the perecentage o ...

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