battles of the prophet

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- Ali ibn Hussain radiAllahu Anhu said, We used to teach the

ghazawaat (battles) the way we used to teach the Holy Quran itself.

- Imam az Zuhri said, In studying the battles of the Prophet

, it revealed to us, within it lies the knowledge of this dunya and theknowledge of the aakhirah.

- Even Orientalists, non-muslims, when they wanted to study the

Prophet, they would study his battles. WHY? Because a persons true

self comes out when they are put under pressure, under stress, when they

are emotional. But foolish are those that think my Nabi

was different man during war.

- The Prophet led in what the most agreed upon opinion

is 27 battles. Out of these 27, he himself participated in 9. The 9 battles

were: Badr, Uhud, al Khandak, Quraydah, Mustaliq, Khaybar, al Fath,

Hunain, and Taif. Out of these 9 battles, he was

wounded twice.

- Never before in history did a military leader, gather all the ghaneema

(war booty) and distribute it amongst the soldiers. All the wealth wasshared equally. This meant that even the weakest among the Sahaba

would be given the same share as the bravest amongst themUpon

occasion, Sahaba were talking and there was some ghaneema nearby.

The Prophet looked at them and said, This is what

you love and he kicked it.

- Upon another occasion, he is sleeping on a straw mat

and Umar radiAllahu Anhu sees that it left marks on his blessed body.

Umar cries and says, O Messenger of Allah atleast [have] something

soft, atleast something soft. I cant bear to see the marks on your body.

And he said, O Umar, what do I want of this dunya?

the Akhirah is far better.


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- The Prophet was extremely brave. Ali karamallahu

wajhu mentions thatWe would hide behind the Prophet

when the battle would become intense. At Badr, we were hiding

behind the Prophet and he was closing the gap betweenthe enemy. WHO IS SAYING THIS, OF ALL THE PEOPLE?! It is

Ali bin Abi Talib!

- at Hunain the Muslims numbered 12,000 and the Kuffaar were 4,000.

One of the very few battles where Muslims outnumbered the

Kuffaarthe hadith mentions that the enemy came down the side of a

mountain all dressed in black, and on black horses, as if a big black

beastthe Sahaba retreated leaving the Prophet .Abbas radiAllahu Anhu followed the Prophet and called the Sahaba to

come back, out of 12,000 sahaba, 700 rejoined him.

- Upon occasion the Sahaba are being lined up, getting ready for battle.

The Prophet sees the sahabi Sawad ibn Ghaziya (raa),

standing out of line he pricked him in his belly with the arrow, saying,

Stand in line, O Sawad!

You have hurt me, O apostle of Allah, he cried, and Allah has sent

you with right and justice so let me retaliate.

The apostle uncovered his belly and said Take your retaliation.

Sawad (raa) embraced him and kissed his belly. He asked what had

made him do this and he replied, O apostle of Allah, you see what is

before us and I may not survive the battle and as this is my last time with

you I want my skin to touch yours. Allahu Akbar KabeeraTHIS is

called mahabbah (love).

- At Uhud, the Prophet was struck in the mouth, in the

shoulder, and in the head. When the Prophet was struck


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in the mouth he became angry and began to curse the mushrikeen. Allah

revleaved the verses in which he was told that it does not befit him that

he should pass judgment. He realized that if he curses them, surely the

people would be destroyed, so he immediately changed up his dua andstarted saying, O Allah forgive them for they do not know. He

panicked and he started cleaning the blood off his face, lest azaab should

befall the mushrikeen!

- Talha radiAllahu anhu would defend the Prophet, and take blow upon

blow. We dont even defend the beard, the hijab, the Sunnah! Umm

Amarah saw what happened and she grabbed a sword and began

swinging her sword, defending the Prophet! O my sister! This was thelegacy of the women in Islam. Dont let cultural rules and expectations

in the name of Islam confine you.

- Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah and other Sahaba see the condition of the

Prophet and they take him to an open field. The chain

link from his helmet was stuck in his blessed cheek. Abu Ubaidah begs

the sahaba, Please let me take it out. I fear that you may hurt him. The

sahaba pulled rank and said no. Abu Ubaidah threw himself on the

ground and started crying like a childuntil finally they permitted him.

Abu Ubaidah took the Prophets blessed face in his hands, and he bit the

chain link with his teeth and slowly pulled the link out. He bit so hard,

that he shattered his two front teeth!

- at Uhud, the Prophets uncle, Hamzah was martyred and his body was

mutilated. The sahaba barely had enough cloth to cover Hamzah

radiAllahu Anhu. The bodies of the shuhadah are washed and

enshroudedthe Sahaba had missed preparing the body of Hanzalah.

They asked lifted his body and saw that it was dripping with water. It

was asked who washed his body? Hanzalah had been married the night

before! So the malaikah (angels) gave him ghusl.


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- Upon occasion the Prophet was getting the supplies for

battle gathered. Umm Atiyah saw people giving this, and giving that.

She was jealous, she had nothing, so she handed the Prophet

her baby and said take this. The Prophet asked, what will I do withthis, O mother? Use it as a shield, O Messenger of Allah. Defend

yourself against arrows O Messenger of Allah!

- at Uhud, the munafiqeen spread the rumor that the Messenger of Allah

is dead. Hamannah bint Jash hears the news and rushes

to find the Messenger of Allah. She is stopped and told O Hamannah,

your father is no more. She responds Inna LillahShe asks, what of my

beloved Prophet? She moves on and is told her husband hasfallensame responseshe moves and is told her son has fallensame

responseshe moves and is told her brother has fallensame

responseshe moves on and is told he is hurt but

aliveshe replies that I will not rest until I have seen him for my own

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