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Ghazwa Uhud

The Battle of Uhud, fought on March 23, 625 AD, was a significant confrontation between early Muslims and the Qurayshi Meccans, resulting in heavy Muslim casualties and viewed as a setback. The battle stemmed from Meccan retaliation for their earlier defeat at Badr, and despite initial Muslim success, disobedience among archers led to a shift in the battle's outcome. The aftermath saw the Muslims mourning losses, including the death of Prophet Muhammad's uncle, Hamza.

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Ghazwa Uhud

The Battle of Uhud, fought on March 23, 625 AD, was a significant confrontation between early Muslims and the Qurayshi Meccans, resulting in heavy Muslim casualties and viewed as a setback. The battle stemmed from Meccan retaliation for their earlier defeat at Badr, and despite initial Muslim success, disobedience among archers led to a shift in the battle's outcome. The aftermath saw the Muslims mourning losses, including the death of Prophet Muhammad's uncle, Hamza.

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Battle of Uhud

Preface:
The Battle of Uhud was a battle between the early Muslims and their Qurayshi Meccan
enemies on 23rd March 625 AD (3 Hijrah) in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. Many
Muslims were killed and the battle was considered a setback for the Muslims.

Background:
The reason for the battle was to retaliate against the Muslims for the Battle of Badr.

Meccan force sets out:


On 10 December 624, with Abu Sufyan at the helm, the Meccans, anxious to avenge their
defeat at Badr, raised another force numbering 3,000 and set out for the Muslim base in
Medina. Rather than attacking Medina itself, which was populated by numerous strongholds
that would have required long sieges to overcome, they camped on the pastures north of the
city, hoping that the Muslims would come out to meet them.

A scout alerted Prophet Muhammad of the Meccan army's presence and numbers late on
Thursday March 21. The next morning, a Muslim conference of war convened, and there was
dispute over how to best repel the Meccans. Prophet and many of the senior figures suggested
that it would be safer to fight within Medina and take advantage of its heavily fortified
strongholds. Younger Muslims argued that the Meccans were destroying their crops, and that
huddling in the strongholds would destroy Muslim prestige. Prophet eventually conceded to
the wishes of the latter, and readied the Muslim force for battle.

Encounter at Uhud:
A group of approximately 1,000 Muslim men set out on late Friday from Medina and managed
to circle around the Meccan forces. Early the next morning, they took a position on the lower
slopes of the hill of Uhud. Shortly before the battle commenced, 'Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (the chief
of the Khazraj tribe) and his followers withdrew their support for Muhammad and returned to
Medina.
The Muslim force, now numbering around 700, was stationed on the slopes of Uhud, facing
Medina with the rear being protected by the towering mount itself. Before the battle,
Muhammad had assigned 50 archers on a nearby rocky hill at the West side of the Muslim
camp. This was a strategic decision in order to shield the vulnerable flanks of the outnumbered
Muslim army; the archers on the hill were to protect the left flank, while the right flank was to
be protected by the Mount of Uhud situated on the east side of the Muslim camp.
Protecting the flanks of the Muslim army meant that the Meccan army would not be able to
turn around the Muslim camp, and thus the Muslim army wouldn't be surrounded or encircled
by the Meccan cavalry, keeping in mind that the Meccan cavalry outnumbered the Muslim
cavalry with a 50:1 ratio. Prophet Muhammad ordered the Muslim archers to never under any
circumstances leave their positions on the hill unless ordered to do so by him only, he made
this order very clear by uttering these words to the archers, "If you saw us prevail and start to
take spoils, do not come to assist us. And if you saw us get vanquished and birds eat from our
heads, do not come to assist us."
War began and both armies rushed at each other. Muslims attacked Meccans with full rage and
after multiple attempts Meccans were pushed back by Muslims and the victory was certain for
Muslims. However, it was the detachment of the Muslim archers, disobeying Prophet's strict
orders to remain stationary, that would shift the outcome of the battle, as they ran downhill to
join in the advance and despoil the Meccan camp, leaving the flank vulnerable.

Outcomes:
Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims buried the dead on the battlefield, returning home that
evening. The Meccans retired for the evening at a place called Hamra al-Asad, a few miles away
from Medina. Prophet Muhammad lost his uncle Hamza in this battle which was really moving
for Muslims and Prophet himself.

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