Patrol of Buwat

The Patrol of Buwat[1] took place in the year 2 A.H of the Islamic calendar, in the month of Rabi ul Awal. Muhammad went with a force of 200 men, to search for raiding parties of the Quraysh.[1] Muhammad stayed there for some time and left without engaging in combat.[1]

Background and raid

Approximately a month after the Patrol of Wadden, he personally led two hundred men including Muhajirs and Ansars to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh raiders, led by Umayyah ibn Khalaf.[1][2][3] Ibn Khalaf was known for torturing Muslims like Bilal ibn Ribah and had strongly opposed Islam.[4] However, no battle took place.[1] According, to Haykal, Umayyah ibn Khalaf took another route.[3] Muhammad then went up to Dhat al-Saq, in the desert of al-Khabar. He prayed there and a mosque was built at the spot.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Afzalur Rahman (1993), Muhammad As a Military Leader, Kazi Publications, p. 119, ISBN 9781567441468
  2. Safiurahman Al-Mubaraki (1996), The Sealed Nectar, Dar-us-Salam, p. 203, ISBN 9781484974858
  3. 1 2 Muhammad Husayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad, Islamic Book Trust, p. 217, ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7
  4. Muhammad Mohar Ali (1997), The Biography of the Prophet and the Orientalists, King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, p. 547, ISBN 9960-770-68-0
Preceded by
Patrol of Waddan
Expeditions of Muhammad Succeeded by
Patrol of Zul Al-Ushairah
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