WHEN THE MOON SPLIT

CHAPTER 19

AFTER THE BATTLE OF UHUD

BY

MARIYAM
AND
EMAAN
 THE INCIDENT OF RAJ’I

A DELEGATION OF THE ADAL AND QARA TRIBES CAME TO THE PROPHET (S.A.W)
AND THEY MENTIONED INTEREST IN ISLAM AMONG THEIR PEOPLE AND WANTED
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. THE PROPHET (S.A.W) SEND 10 COMPANIONS HEADED
BY ASIM BIN THABIT TO TEACH ISLAM BUT IN RESULT THEY LEARNED A BITTER
LESSON ABOUT TREACHERY OF THE POLYTHEISTS. NEARLY 1000 ARCHERA OF THE
TRIBE HUDHAYL BESIEGED THEM AND ASSURED THEM THAT THEY WON‘T KILL
THEM BUT ASIM REFUSED TO DESEND, PREFERRING INSTEAD TO TAKE ON THE
ENEMY 7 MUSLIMS KILLED IN THE ENCOUNTER AND THE REMAINING 3 WERE
CAPTURED AND SOLD AS SALVES TO THE QURAYSH. WHO TORMENTED THEM AND
LATER ON THEY WERE ALSO KILLED.
 THE TRAGEDY AT BIR MA’UNA

• THE EXPEDITION OF BIR MA’UNA TOOK PLACE FOUR MONTHS AFTER

THE BATTLE OF UHUD IN THE YEAR 4 A.H OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR.
MUHAMMAD SENT MISSIONARIES TO PREACH ISLAM,AT THE REQUEST OF ABU
BARA AMIR BIN MALIK.SEVENTY MUSLIMS MISSIONARIES WERE SENT BY THE
PROPHET (S.A.W)
EXPEDITION AGAINST BANU NADIR
EXPEDITION AGAINST BANU NADIR
 AN APPOINTMENT AT BADR

ABU SUFYAN HAD LEFT UHUD WITH THE PROMISE OF ANOTHER MILITARY
ENCOUNTER, THE PROPHET (S.A.W) ACTED BEFORE HUS ENEMY IN A MARCH
TOWARD THE BATTLEFIELD. HE WAITED FOR ABU SUFYAN AT BADR FOR EIGHT
DAYS WITH A FORCE OF 1500 SOLDIERS AND 10 HORSES. ABU SUFYAN ALSO SET
OUT ARMY OF 2000 SOLDIERS, INCLUDING 50 CAVALRYMEN, BUT UPOUN ARRIVING
THE APPOINTED PLACE HE DIMISSED THE BATTLE SAYING ITS NOT THE SUITABLE
CLIMATE FOR A BATTLE AS THE PLACE WAS SUFFERING A DROUGHT. SO, HE
MARCHED BACK WITHOUT EVEN MEETING THE ENEMY. MEANWHILE, THE
MUSLIM STAYED IN BADR AND CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF BUSINESS
TRANSACTION AND EARNED AN HANDSOME AMOUNT OF PROFIT.
 LESSONS AND MORALS
• THE PERMISSIBILITY OF SURRENDERING TO THE ENEMY
• ASIM’S PRAYS WERE ANSWERED AMD HIS BODY WAS NOT DEFILED AMD MUTILATED
• WHEN ISLAM BEGINS TO SPREAD IT IS THE CUSTOM OF THE KUFFAR TO RESORT TO THE
TREACHERY
• PROPHET (S.A.W) ESTABLISHED THE SUNNAH OF MAKING QUNOOT AGAINST THE ENIMIES OF ISLAM
DURING SALAT
• ALLAH PLACED HORROR IN THE HEARTS OF BANU NADIR
 QUESTIONS
1 ) WHAT LESSON WAS LEARNED FROM THE INCIDENTS OF RAJ’I AND BIR
MA’UNA?
ANS) THE MUSLIMS LEARNED A BITTER LESSON ABOUT TREACHERY OF THE
POLYTHEISTS.

2 ) WHAT TREACHEROUS ACT DID BANU NADIR PLOT AGAINST PROPHET

(S.A.W) AND HOW WAS IT AVOIDED?
ANS)THEY PLANED TO MURDER THE PROPHET (S.A.W) BUT BEFORE THEY COULD
DO ANYTHING HAZRAT JIBREEL DESCENDED AND REVEALED THE PLOT TO HIM.
3 ) WHAT WAS THE REACTION FROM PROPHET (S.A.W)?
ANS)

4 ) WHAT WAS BANU NADIR’S PUNISHMENT?

ANS)

5 ) WHY DIDN’T THE MUSLIMS FIGHT THE QURAISH AT THE BADR

IN SHA’BAN, 4 A.H.?
ANS) DUE THE DROUGHT IN THAT AREA ABHU SUFYAN RETURNED
BACK WITHOUT EVEN MEETING THE ENEMY AND NO BATTLE WAS
HELD