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The '''Patrol of Buwat'''<ref name="afzalur">{{cite|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=l2wgAAAACAAJ&|page=119|title=Muhammad As a Military Leader|isbn=9781567441468|author=Afzalur Rahman|publisher=Kazi Publications|year=1993|}}</ref> 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.<ref name="afzalur"/>. Muhammad stayed there for some time and left without engaging in combat.<ref name="afzalur"/> |
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{{Infobox military conflict |
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|conflict=Raid on Meccan Caravans, Buwat 2 |
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|date= October 623 , 2 AH |
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|place=[[Buwat]] |
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|result=Caravan takes unknown route<ref name="Mubarakpuri 2005 244">{{citation|title=The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&pg=PA244 | first=Saifur Rahman Al|last=Mubarakpuri|year=2005|publisher=Darussalam Publications|isbn=978-9960899558|page=244}}</ref><ref name="Haykal 1976">{{citation|title=The Life of Muhammad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA218&dq=raid+on+quraysh+caravan#v=snippet&q=first%20raids&f=false | first=Husayn |last=Haykal|year=1976|publisher=Islamic Book Trust |isbn=9789839154177|pages=217–218}}</ref> |
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|combatant1=[[Muslims]] of [[Medina]] |
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|combatant2=[[Quraysh (tribe)|Quraish]] of [[Mecca]] |
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|commander1=[[Muhammad]] |
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|commander2=[[Umayyah ibn Khalaf]] |
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|strength1=200 |
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|strength2= 100 (1500-2500 Camels) |
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}} |
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{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Muhammad}} |
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The '''Invasion of Buwat'''<ref name="Mubarakpuri 2005 244"/> took place in the year 2 A.H of the Islamic calendar, in the month of Rabi ul Awal. |
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This was the 5th Caravan Raid Muhammad ordered. Muhammad was the commander of this raid also.<ref name="Haykal 1976"/> |
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==Background and raid== |
==Background and raid== |
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Approximately a month after the [[Patrol of Wadden]], he personally led two hundred men including Muhajirs and [[Ansar (Islam)|Ansars]] to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh raiders, led by [[Umayyah ibn Khalaf]].<ref name="afzalur"/><ref name="sealednectar"/>{{cite|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&|page=217|title=The Life of Muhammad|author=Muhammad Husayn Haykal|publisher=Islamic Book Trust|isbn=978-983-9154-17-7|}}</ref> Ibn Khalaf was known for torturing Muslims like [[Bilal ibn Ribah]] and had strongly opposed Islam.<ref>{{cite|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=9P1V9-3oqFcC&|page=547|title=The Biography of the Prophet and the Orientalists|author=Muhammad Mohar Ali|publisher=King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an|year=1997|isbn=9960-770-68-0|}}</ref> However, no battle took place.<ref name="afzalur"/> According, to [[Muhammad Husayn Haykal|Haykal]], [[Umayyah ibn Khalaf]] took another route.<ref name="haykal"/>{{cite|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&|page=217|title=The Life of Muhammad|author=Muhammad Husayn Haykal|publisher=Islamic Book Trust|isbn=978-983-9154-17-7|}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed}} |
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A month after the raid at al-Abwa, he personally led two hundred men including Muhajirs and [[Ansar (Islam)|Ansars]] to Bawat, a place on the caravan route of the Quraysh merchants. A herd of fifteen hundred camels was proceeding, accompanied by one hundred riders under the leadership of [[Umayyah ibn Khalaf]], a Quraysh.<ref name="Mubarakpuri 2005 244"/><ref name="List of Battles of Muhammad">[http://military.hawarey.org/military_english.htm List of Battles of Muhammad]</ref> |
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According to Muslim scholars [[Ibn Hisham]] and [[Ibn Ishaq]]'s the purpose of [[Caravan raids|these raid]] was to get back what they lost when they migrated from Mecca to Medina to avoid persecution by Quraysh for practicing their religion. Quraysh seized the property and belongings left behind by muslims and sold those. It is mentioned in their biography of Muhammad (the earliest surviving biography of Muhammad from the 7th century) that for these caravan raids Muhammad gave permission to "plunder" the caravans of theirs enemies and seize their goods and property(s) and said: "Go forth against this caravan; it may be that Allah will grant you plunder.<ref>ʻAbd al-Malik Ibn Hishām, [https://books.google.com/books?ei=78kvVKf-E47Waob9gJgP&id=LOQPAQAAIAAJ&dq=plunder+caravan+muhammad&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=plunder The life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah], p. 95, Folio Society, 1964. Translated by Michael Edwardes. Quote: "Go forth against this |
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caravan; it may be that Allah will grant you plunder." ([http://www.webcitation.org/6T4SUdI4E archive])</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=AMgvVO6HGsHtaPWFgpAI&id=WsOgAAAAMAAJ&dq=plunder+quraysh+caravan&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=plunder Calcutta Review, Volumes 86-87], p. 93, [[University of Calcutta]] and [[Indiana University]], 2008. Quote: "On another occasion Muhammad himself left the town with 200 proselytes to plunder a caravan"</ref> The Muslim scholar [[Al-Waqidi]] also mentions the same.<ref>Rizwi Faizer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gZknAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA12 The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab Al-Maghazi], p. 12, ISBN 1136921141, Routledge, 2013</ref> |
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No battle took place and the raid resulted in no booty. This was due the caravan taking an untrodden unknown route. 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. This was the first raid where a few Ansars took part. |
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<ref name="Mubarakpuri 2005 244"/><ref name="List of Battles of Muhammad"/> |
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==Islamic primary sources== |
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The [[Sahih Muslim]] hadith collection mentions that Muhammad carried out a military Expedition in Buwat, the hadith states: |
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{{cquote|bgcolor=#F0FFF0|It is reported on the same authority: We set out along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on an expedition of Batn Buwat. He (the Holy Prophet) was in search of al-Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani. (We had so meagre equipment) that five. six or seven of us had one camel to ride and so we mounted it turn by turn. Once there wan. the turn of an Ansari to ride upon the camel. He made it kneel down to ride over it (and after having. mounted it), he tried to raise it up but it hesitated... {{Hadith-usc|usc=yes|muslim|42|7149}} }} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 07:18, 12 March 2016
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]Muhammad Husayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad, Islamic Book Trust, p. 217, ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)</ref> Ibn Khalaf was known for torturing Muslims like Bilal ibn Ribah and had strongly opposed Islam.[3] However, no battle took place.[1] According, to Haykal, Umayyah ibn Khalaf took another route.[4]Muhammad Husayn Haykal, The Life of Muhammad, Islamic Book Trust, p. 217, ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)</ref> 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.[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Afzalur Rahman (1993), Muhammad As a Military Leader, Kazi Publications, p. 119, ISBN 9781567441468
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