Al Kudr Invasion

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Al Kudr Invasion
Date624, AH 2
Location
Al Kudr
Result

Muslim victory:

  • Banu Saleem tribe members all flee
  • 500 camels of the Banu Saleem, taken by Muhammad as war booty [1]
Belligerents
Muslims Banu Sulaym tribe
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad[1] None
Strength
200 Unknown
Casualties and losses
None None; 500 camels captured

The expedition against the

Banu Saleem tribe, also known as the Al Kudr Invasion,[2] occurred directly after the Battle of Badr in the year A.H. 2 of the Islamic calendar. The expedition was ordered by Muhammad after he received intelligence that the Banu Salim were planning to invade Madina.[1]

This was Muhammad's first interaction with the people of Bahrain. He had gotten news that some tribes were amassing an army on march from Bahrain.[3][4]

Muhammad responded by launching a pre-emptive strike against their base in Al Kudr which was a watering place at the time.[5] When the tribe heard of this, they fled. Muhammad captured 500 of their camels from the raid, and distributed them between his fighters. He also kept a fifth of the spoils as khums.[3][6][7][8]

This event is mentioned in Ibn Hisham's biography of Muhammad and other historical books.[2][9] Modern secondary sources which mention this include the award-winning book Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar).[2][10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Al-Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2002), When the Moon Split, DarusSalam, p. 159.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-9960-899-55-8
    .
  3. ^ a b Yahiya Emerick, Critical Lives: Muhammad, p. 185, Penguin, 2002.
  4. ^ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 147. (online)
  5. ^ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 204. (online)
  6. ISBN 5872528906
    . He stayed there for three days, took their 500 camels as booty and distributed them to the fighters after he had set aside the usual one-fifth
  7. ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7
  8. ISBN 978-0-19-577307-1. (online
    )
  9. ^ "List of Battles of Muhammad". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  10. ^ Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum - The Sealed Nectar Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Dar-us-Salam Publications.
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