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*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*Part 155*
*THE BATTLE OF BANUL-MUSTALIQ OR AL-MURAISI' (Sha'aban, 5 or 6 A.H.)*
Although this battle was not long or large-scale from a military perspectives, it included many incidents that triggered disorder in the Muslim community and resulted in the disgrace of the hypocrites and the prescription of disciplinary penalties that gave the Muslim community a special form of nobility, dignity and purity.
The battle happened in Sha'ban, 5 A.H according to the scholars of the Prophet's expeditions or 6 A.H, according to Ibn Is'hāq.
THE CAUSE OF THE BATTLE
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) knew that the chief of banul-Mustaliq al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār mobilised troops of his tribe and other Arabian tribes and set out to fight Muslims. So the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) sent Buraidah Ibnul-Hasib Al-Aslamy to verify the news. He met al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār and talked to him about this matter. Then he returned to the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) and informed him that the news was true.
Consequently, and Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) to fight and took rapid measures. The army set out on the second of Sha'ban along with a group of the hypocrites who never took part in a battle. He entrusted Zaid Ibn Hārithah, Abu Zarr or Numailah with taking charge of Madīnah. On his side al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār sent a spy to get some information about the Muslim army. But Muslims arrested and killed him.
Knowing that the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) began marching and killed his spy, al-Hārith and his troops became so terrified and the Arabs who joined him ran away. Then the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) and his army reached Al-Muraisi' (a watering place of Mustaliq in the direction of Qudaid, towards the seashore). They camped there and got ready for fight. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) lined hid troops up and gave the flag of the Immigrants to Abu Bakr As-Siddīq and the flag of the supporters to Sa'ad Ibn Ubādah. The two armies shot arrows at each other for a while then the Prophet ( Blessings and Peace be upon him) ordered his troops to go on the offensive all at once. Muslims defeated the polytheists and killed some of them. Muslims held women and slaves as captives and captured cattle and sheep. Only one of the Muslims was killed in this battle. This is the opinion of the scholars of the Prophet's expeditions and biographers. But Ibnul-Qayyim said: "This is inaccurate as there was no direct fight between them. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) only launched his offensive against the watering place and captured their women and slaves and seized their property. This is affirmed by the authentic Hadīth: "The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) had suddenly attacked Banu Mustaliq while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the watering place. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives; the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) got Juwairiyya on that day as a captive as well.
Among the captives was Juwairiyya bint al-Hārith. She was in the share of Thābit Ibn Qays. Then he concluded a contract of manumission with her. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) repaid her payable installments and married her. Because of the Prophet's marriage to Juwairiyya, Muslims set free one hundred people of Mustaliq tribe who embraced Islam.
As the incidents that occurred in this battle were caused by 'Abdullāh Ibn Ubayy, the head of hypocrites, and his followers, we like to shed light to some of their wicked and harmful actions in the Muslims community.
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
*AR-RAHĪQ AL-MAKHTOUM (The Pure Nectar). A Treaties On Prophet Muhammad's Biography.*
*Part 155*
*THE BATTLE OF BANUL-MUSTALIQ OR AL-MURAISI' (Sha'aban, 5 or 6 A.H.)*
Although this battle was not long or large-scale from a military perspectives, it included many incidents that triggered disorder in the Muslim community and resulted in the disgrace of the hypocrites and the prescription of disciplinary penalties that gave the Muslim community a special form of nobility, dignity and purity.
The battle happened in Sha'ban, 5 A.H according to the scholars of the Prophet's expeditions or 6 A.H, according to Ibn Is'hāq.
THE CAUSE OF THE BATTLE
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) knew that the chief of banul-Mustaliq al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār mobilised troops of his tribe and other Arabian tribes and set out to fight Muslims. So the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) sent Buraidah Ibnul-Hasib Al-Aslamy to verify the news. He met al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār and talked to him about this matter. Then he returned to the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) and informed him that the news was true.
Consequently, and Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) to fight and took rapid measures. The army set out on the second of Sha'ban along with a group of the hypocrites who never took part in a battle. He entrusted Zaid Ibn Hārithah, Abu Zarr or Numailah with taking charge of Madīnah. On his side al-Hārith Ibn Abu Dhirār sent a spy to get some information about the Muslim army. But Muslims arrested and killed him.
Knowing that the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) began marching and killed his spy, al-Hārith and his troops became so terrified and the Arabs who joined him ran away. Then the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) and his army reached Al-Muraisi' (a watering place of Mustaliq in the direction of Qudaid, towards the seashore). They camped there and got ready for fight. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) lined hid troops up and gave the flag of the Immigrants to Abu Bakr As-Siddīq and the flag of the supporters to Sa'ad Ibn Ubādah. The two armies shot arrows at each other for a while then the Prophet ( Blessings and Peace be upon him) ordered his troops to go on the offensive all at once. Muslims defeated the polytheists and killed some of them. Muslims held women and slaves as captives and captured cattle and sheep. Only one of the Muslims was killed in this battle. This is the opinion of the scholars of the Prophet's expeditions and biographers. But Ibnul-Qayyim said: "This is inaccurate as there was no direct fight between them. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) only launched his offensive against the watering place and captured their women and slaves and seized their property. This is affirmed by the authentic Hadīth: "The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) had suddenly attacked Banu Mustaliq while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the watering place. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives; the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) got Juwairiyya on that day as a captive as well.
Among the captives was Juwairiyya bint al-Hārith. She was in the share of Thābit Ibn Qays. Then he concluded a contract of manumission with her. The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) repaid her payable installments and married her. Because of the Prophet's marriage to Juwairiyya, Muslims set free one hundred people of Mustaliq tribe who embraced Islam.
As the incidents that occurred in this battle were caused by 'Abdullāh Ibn Ubayy, the head of hypocrites, and his followers, we like to shed light to some of their wicked and harmful actions in the Muslims community.
*{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}*
*"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers."* (Qur-ān 51:55)
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