The Battle of Badr Two years after the Hijra, Ghazouet Badr took place on the seventeenth of Ramadan. This was the first battle that the believers ever engaged in with the disbelievers, and it is, by far, the most famous and most renowned among the Islamic battles, for the occurrence of the extraordinary events during it. Allah’s apostle (peace and blessings of allah be upon him) had encouraged the Muslims to oppose the Quraish tribe.

No one knew the importance of the battle’s important aftermath as Allah’s apostle (peace and blessings of Allah) did. The depth of his anxiety can be deciphered in his prayer before the battle started when he stood up supplicating Allah :

God this is Quraish. It has come with all its arrogance and boastfulness, trying to discredit Thy Apostle. God, I ask Thee to humiliate them tomorrow. God, if this Muslim band will perish today, Thou shall not be worshipped.

During   the Islamic defense there was a combination of three defensive lines; the messenger’s personality, his leadership and his unequalled firmness, The Hashmites under the leadership of Ali Ibn Abu Talib who entered this battle relatively obscure and came out with unequalled military fame. His military performances became the popular subject of the Arab caravans conversations throughout the Arabic Peninsula. The hundreds of Messenger companions whose hearts were filled with the faith and readiness for sacrifice.

When the general offensive broke, hundreds of companions participated in the battle and offered sacrifices and pleased Allah. The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took a hand full of gravel and threw it at the faces of the pagans saying " May Your faces be disfigured. God, terrify their hearts and invalidated their feet. The pagans ran away, turning their faces to no one. The Muslims killed them and took them as prisoners.

This battle laid the foundation of the Islamic State and made out of the Muslims a force to be reckoned with by the dwellers of the Arabic Peninsula.

The map of the Badr compaign

Visiting Badr

Badr is situated on the road to Medina-Yunbu ,about 150 km away from the Medina.

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