Masjid DarusSalamMasjid DarusSalam
  • Masjid
    • About Us
    • Nikah/Marriage Services
    • Daily & Jumu’ah Prayers
    • Outreach & Services
    • Special Needs Services
    • Schedule a Visit
    • Careers
  • Seminary
    • Takmil Program for Higher Islamic Learning
    • Tahfiz Academy for Qur’an Memorization
    • Tadris Integrated High School
    • Tadris Prep
    • Tajwid & Tarbiyah After-School Program
    • Tafhim Weekend Islamic Studies
    • Early Childhood Program
    • Sunday School
    • Summer 2023
      • Tamhid Deen Intensive & Essential Arabic
      • Tarbiya 4 Tots
    • Sister’s Fiqh & Tajweed
    • Staff
  • Tanwir Intensive
    • About the Program
    • How to Apply
    • Curriculum
    • Accommodations
    • Student Life
    • Tuition & Aid
    • Open House
    • Integrated High School
    • FAQs
  • Multimedia
    • Jumu’ah Khutbah
    • Monthly Seminar
    • Stories of Prophet
    • Qur’an Tafsir
    • Ramadan
  • Writing Blog
    • Aqidah
    • Biographies
    • Current & Contemporary Issues
    • Fiqh
    • Hadith
    • Pearls of Wisdom
    • Tafsir
    • Other/Misc.
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
    • Donate Now
    • Fortunate 1400
    • Zakat Calculator
    • Planned Giving
    • Outright Gifts
    • Donor Advised Funds / Employer Match
  • Masjid
    • About Us
    • Nikah/Marriage Services
    • Daily & Jumu’ah Prayers
    • Outreach & Services
    • Special Needs Services
    • Schedule a Visit
    • Careers
  • Seminary
    • Takmil Program for Higher Islamic Learning
    • Tahfiz Academy for Qur’an Memorization
    • Tadris Integrated High School
    • Tadris Prep
    • Tajwid & Tarbiyah After-School Program
    • Tafhim Weekend Islamic Studies
    • Early Childhood Program
    • Sunday School
    • Summer 2023
      • Tamhid Deen Intensive & Essential Arabic
      • Tarbiya 4 Tots
    • Sister’s Fiqh & Tajweed
    • Staff
  • Tanwir Intensive
    • About the Program
    • How to Apply
    • Curriculum
    • Accommodations
    • Student Life
    • Tuition & Aid
    • Open House
    • Integrated High School
    • FAQs
  • Multimedia
    • Jumu’ah Khutbah
    • Monthly Seminar
    • Stories of Prophet
    • Qur’an Tafsir
    • Ramadan
  • Writing Blog
    • Aqidah
    • Biographies
    • Current & Contemporary Issues
    • Fiqh
    • Hadith
    • Pearls of Wisdom
    • Tafsir
    • Other/Misc.
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
    • Donate Now
    • Fortunate 1400
    • Zakat Calculator
    • Planned Giving
    • Outright Gifts
    • Donor Advised Funds / Employer Match

Other/Misc.

  • Home
  • Other/Misc.
  • Clarifying the Context of Abu Sufyan’s Caravan

Clarifying the Context of Abu Sufyan’s Caravan

  • Posted by writingblog
  • Date December 10, 2019
  • Comments 0 comment

Question

Why was Muhammad stealing? When the Apostle heard about Abu Sufyan coming from Syria, he summoned the Muslims and said, “This is the Quraish caravan containing their property. Go out to attack it, perhaps Allah will give it as a prey.” (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 428)

Answer

In the books of Sīrah, it is clarified that this event took place during wartime. The Quraysh had gathered their wealth and collectively purchased the contents of Abū Sufyān’s caravan. The value of the caravan was substantial; moreover, it was transporting the weapons and supplies that they needed to invade Madinah and defeat the Muslims.[1]

This caravan passed near to Madinah while en route to Makkah. And that is when the Prophet (upon him be peace) marched out with his companions to attack it. It is well known that Badr was a defensive battle in which the ill-equipped army of just over three-hundred men marched out under the white flag that was carried by Muṣʿab b. ʿUmayr to face a technologically superior and larger military consisting of the pagan Arabs lead by Abū Jahl.

The Battle of Badr is well known and the details surrounding it are discussed extensively. Qāḍī Ḥasan al-Mashshāt dedicated over one-hundred pages of his Inārat al-Dujā to this battle. Therein, he mentioned that Abū Sufyān’s caravan was the reason for the Muslims marching out.[2]

Referring to this as “stealing” is far-fetched. Based on the established military protocols of then and now, a military intercepting an enemy’s arms shipment as a defensive measure is surely not considered to be “stealing.”

And Allāh knows best.

[1] Abū al-Ḥasan al-Nadwī, al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah, 299-300.

[2] Inārah al-Dujā fī Maghāzī Khayr al-Warā, 103-217.

  • Share:
writingblog

Previous post

Surah Al-Hadid Weekly Tafsir - Part I - Mufti Azeemuddin Ahmed
December 10, 2019

Next post

Prophetic Infallibility, Adam, and the Fall
December 10, 2019

You may also like

IMG_1971 (Large)
Shāfiʿī Scholarship: Imam al-Muzanī
15 March, 2023
IMG_1971 (Large)
Shāfiʿī Scholarship: Imam al-Buwayṭī
6 March, 2023
tanwirprepbg
A Brief Biography of Khalīfah ʿUmar bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
5 March, 2023

Leave A Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

MULTIMEDIA

  • 1441
  • Announcements & Updates
  • Aqidah
  • Aqidah
  • Biographies
  • Current & Contemporary Issues
  • Education
  • Fiqh
  • Fiqh 101
  • Hadith
  • Jumu'ah Khutbah
  • Monthly Seminar
  • Multimedia
  • Other/Misc.
  • Pearls of Wisdom
  • Qur'an Tafsir
  • Ramadan
  • Short Series
  • Sirah Conference
  • Special Events
  • Stories of Prophet
  • Story Night
  • Tafsir
  • Uncategorized
  • Urdu Talks
  • Writing Blog

Masjid DarusSalam

630 360 2373

office@MasjidDS.org

Links

  • Masjid
  • Gallery
  • FAQs

Recommended

  • Seminary
  • Student Life

Support

  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe

© 2020 Masjid DarusSalam. All Rights Reserved.