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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Expedition of Safwan
|date= March 623, 2 AH
|place=[[Safwan]]
|result=Enemy escapes <ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri 2002">{{citation|title=When the Moon Split|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJL6gxPUV4EC&pg=PA147&dq=the+first+sariyya#v=onepage&q=the%20first%20sariyya&f=false| first=Saifur Rahman |last=Al-Mubarakpuri |year=2002|publisher=DarusSalam|pages=147}}</ref><ref name="Strauch 2006 400">{{citation|title=Biography of the Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8bbHTcRV5kC&pg=PA400|first=Sameh|last=Strauch|year=2006|publisher=Darussalam Publications|isbn=978-9960-9803-2-4|page=400}}</ref>
|combatant1=[[Muslims]] of [[Mecca]]
|combatant2=[[Quraysh (tribe)|Quraish]] of [[Mecca]]
|commander1=[[Muhammad]]
|commander2=[[Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri]]
|strength1=70<ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri 2002"/>
|strength2= Unknown
}}
{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Muhammad}}
{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Muhammad}}
The '''Invasion of Safwan''' also known as the '''Preliminary Badr Invasion'''<ref>{{citation|title=The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&pg=PA245 | first=Saifur Rahman Al|last=Mubarakpuri|year=2005|publisher=Darussalam Publications|isbn=978-9960-899-55-8|page=245}}</ref> occurred directly after the [[Invasion of Waddan]] in the year 2 [[Hijri year|AH]] of the Islamic calendar. The expedition was ordered by [[Muhammad]] after he received intelligence that [[Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri]] rustled some grazing cattle belonging to Muslims. Therefore, Muhammad directed about 70 Muslims, who chased him to [[Safwan]], at the outskirts of [[Badr, Saudi Arabia|Badr]]. But Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri managed to escape.<ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri 2002"/><ref name="Strauch 2006 400"/><ref name=hawarey>{{cite book|last=Hawarey|first=[http://mosab.hawarey.org/ Dr. Mosab]|title=The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (Arabic)|url=http://www.islamic-book.net/ar/Rihlat-Alnobowwah.htm|publisher=Islamic Book Trust |year=2010}}Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation available [http://www.webcitation.org/5zLhjeYyz here]</ref>
The '''Raid on Safawan''' or '''First Expedition to Badr'''<ref name="adil">{{cite|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=31tscfPF4tkC&pg=PA292|title=Muhammad, the Messenger of Islam: His Life & Prophecy|author=Hajjah Amina Adil|page=292|publisher=Islamic Supreme Council of America|year=2002|isbn=1-930409-11-7|}}</ref> occurred after the [[Patrol of Zul Al-Ushairah]]<ref name="adil"/> or the "Preliminary Badr Invasion"<ref name="sealednectar"/> in the year 2 [[Hijri year|AH]] of the Islamic calendar. [[Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri]] raided Muslim property and stole pasturing camels belonging to Madinah.<ref name="adil"/> Muhammad was a three days distance away.<ref name="adil"/> Muhammad mobilized 70 men.<ref name="sealednectar">{{cite|title=The Sealed Nectar|author=Safiurahman Al-Mubaraki|year=1996|page=203|publisher=Dar-us-Salam|isbn=9781484974858|}}</ref> By the time Muhammad reached the valley of Safawan, al-Fihri fled.<ref name="adil"/>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:38, 12 March 2016

The Raid on Safawan or First Expedition to Badr[1] occurred after the Patrol of Zul Al-Ushairah[1] or the "Preliminary Badr Invasion"[2] in the year 2 AH of the Islamic calendar. Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri raided Muslim property and stole pasturing camels belonging to Madinah.[1] Muhammad was a three days distance away.[1] Muhammad mobilized 70 men.[2] By the time Muhammad reached the valley of Safawan, al-Fihri fled.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Hajjah Amina Adil (2002), Muhammad, the Messenger of Islam: His Life & Prophecy, Islamic Supreme Council of America, p. 292, ISBN 1-930409-11-7 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ a b Safiurahman Al-Mubaraki (1996), The Sealed Nectar, Dar-us-Salam, p. 203, ISBN 9781484974858 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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