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*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*Part 87*
*THE GREAT BATTLE OF BADR continues*
*THE ZERO HOUR AND THE FIRST FUEL OF THE BATTLE*
Al-Aswad Ibn 'Abdul-Asad Al-Makhzūmy (who was an ill-mannered and tough man) was the first one to be killed in the battle. He advanced saying aloud: "I promise to drink of their basin, demolish it or die beside it." When he appeared in the battleground, Hamzah Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib met him and struck him with the sword cutting off half of his leg near the basin. He fell down on his back with his leg bleeding. Then he crawled towards the basin to break into it. But Hamzah faced him and gave him a second blow that finished him off.
DUELLING
The killing of Al-Aswad fueled the battle. Three elements of the best cavalrymen of Quraish appeared. They belonged to one family: 'Utba, his brother Shaiba and Al-Walid Ibn 'Utba. When they detached from their ranks, they asked for duelling. Three young men of the Supporters, 'Awf and Mu'awwidh, the two sons of al-Hārith and 'Abdullāh Ibn Rawāha, moved towards them. Before engagement, they asked: "Who are you?" They replied: "A group of the Supporters." They replied: "You are noble equivalents. But we have no desire to fight you. We want to fight our fellow tribesmen." Then one of them called out: "O Muhammad! Bring to us the equivalents of our people." Thereupon the Prophet said: "Go ahead, 'Ubaidah. Move forward, Hamzah. Advance, 'Ali." As soon as they had approached them, they asked them who they were. They told them about their identities. Then they said: "You are as good equivalents as we are." 'Ubaidah dueled with 'Utba Ibn Rabī'ah. Hamzah dueled with Shaiba while 'Ali dueled with Al-Walīd. Hamzah and 'Ali killed their two peers. As for 'Ubaidah and his peer, they delivered a severe blow to each other. Then 'Ali and Hamzah attacked 'Utba and killed him. After that they carried 'Abdullāh with his leg cut off. He remained ill till he died at As-Safraa four or five days after Badr, when Muslims were returning to Madīnah. In this respect 'Ali used to swear that the following verse was revealed on 'Ubaidah and 'Utba :
Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 19:
هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِّن نَّارٍ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ الْحَمِيمُ
These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord; then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSAULT
The result of this duel was a bad start for polytheists who lost three men of their outstanding leaders and horsemen right at one stroke. This infuriated them so much and made them attack Muslims all at once. Muslims, after pleading Allāh for victory and help, received the polytheists' consecutive blows while being stationed and steadfast at their positions, defending themselves, causing their enemy grave losses and saying: "One! One!"
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur'an 51:55)
*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*Part 87*
*THE GREAT BATTLE OF BADR continues*
*THE ZERO HOUR AND THE FIRST FUEL OF THE BATTLE*
Al-Aswad Ibn 'Abdul-Asad Al-Makhzūmy (who was an ill-mannered and tough man) was the first one to be killed in the battle. He advanced saying aloud: "I promise to drink of their basin, demolish it or die beside it." When he appeared in the battleground, Hamzah Ibn 'Abdul-Mutallib met him and struck him with the sword cutting off half of his leg near the basin. He fell down on his back with his leg bleeding. Then he crawled towards the basin to break into it. But Hamzah faced him and gave him a second blow that finished him off.
DUELLING
The killing of Al-Aswad fueled the battle. Three elements of the best cavalrymen of Quraish appeared. They belonged to one family: 'Utba, his brother Shaiba and Al-Walid Ibn 'Utba. When they detached from their ranks, they asked for duelling. Three young men of the Supporters, 'Awf and Mu'awwidh, the two sons of al-Hārith and 'Abdullāh Ibn Rawāha, moved towards them. Before engagement, they asked: "Who are you?" They replied: "A group of the Supporters." They replied: "You are noble equivalents. But we have no desire to fight you. We want to fight our fellow tribesmen." Then one of them called out: "O Muhammad! Bring to us the equivalents of our people." Thereupon the Prophet said: "Go ahead, 'Ubaidah. Move forward, Hamzah. Advance, 'Ali." As soon as they had approached them, they asked them who they were. They told them about their identities. Then they said: "You are as good equivalents as we are." 'Ubaidah dueled with 'Utba Ibn Rabī'ah. Hamzah dueled with Shaiba while 'Ali dueled with Al-Walīd. Hamzah and 'Ali killed their two peers. As for 'Ubaidah and his peer, they delivered a severe blow to each other. Then 'Ali and Hamzah attacked 'Utba and killed him. After that they carried 'Abdullāh with his leg cut off. He remained ill till he died at As-Safraa four or five days after Badr, when Muslims were returning to Madīnah. In this respect 'Ali used to swear that the following verse was revealed on 'Ubaidah and 'Utba :
Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 19:
هَٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِّن نَّارٍ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ الْحَمِيمُ
These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord; then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads.
COMPREHENSIVE ASSAULT
The result of this duel was a bad start for polytheists who lost three men of their outstanding leaders and horsemen right at one stroke. This infuriated them so much and made them attack Muslims all at once. Muslims, after pleading Allāh for victory and help, received the polytheists' consecutive blows while being stationed and steadfast at their positions, defending themselves, causing their enemy grave losses and saying: "One! One!"
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur'an 51:55)
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