Today we will discuss the military campaign of the sixth year of the Hijri. After the Quraysh were defeated in the Battle of Khandaq in the fifth year of the Hijri calendar, it was generally believed that no one would be able to defeat the Muslims again. Because it was not possible to gather another large army and attack Medina again. So everyone understood that the Islamic state of Medina would be the most powerful Islamic state in the world. But defeating the Quraysh alone was not enough to implement it. Because there were some Bedouin groups who did not want to accept Muslim authority in any way. And they wanted to keep the way of life of that age of ignorance.
Although the Quraysh were subdued, these tribes of Najd refused to accept allegiance. Many of them were allies of the Quraysh and were hostile to the Muslims. They were a major threat to the rise of Muslims. Some people from all these tribes have conspired against the Muslims. These small tribes helped the Quraysh in the Battle of the Trench. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) focused on suppressing them.
To suppress them, the Prophet (peace be upon him) conducted a total of 14 campaigns, of which he himself participated in three. We will discuss a total of six campaigns in today’s episode.
The first campaign we will discuss is called Al Kartar’s Campaign. This military campaign was led by Maslam (may Allah be pleased with him). He attacked on the 10th of Muharram with an army of 30 men. Ten of the enemy were killed in this attack and the rest fled.
It was said to be a small expedition, and on his return he arrested a man from the Banu Hanifa tribe. This man was respected by his tribe. The Prophet (peace be upon him) knew this well. The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered him to be set free. He later returned and told the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that he wanted to become a Muslim. He told the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he wanted to perform Umrah but your people arrested him. What should I do now? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) told him to perform Umrah. When he was going to Mecca to perform Umrah, the people of Mecca mocked him and said, “You have met Muhammad.” He became angry and said, “I have become a Muslim and I will see how you bring grain from Yamama.”
He actually stopped importing food grains from Yamama because Mecca did not produce any crops domestically at that time and what was imported had to be brought from outside Mecca, which caused great hardship for the people of Mecca.
Then the people of Mecca went and tried to block the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) lifted the blockade.
The second campaign is called the Al-Khattab campaign. 300 people led by Abu Ubaydah ibn Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) participated in this battle.
However, according to scholars, it was an attack on the tribe of Zuhaira. The Muslims’ supplies on the journey of this expedition Then Ubaydah ibn Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) gathered food from all around and saw that from the food that was available, each person was given only one date.
That’s why every Mujahid was allowed to eat only one date a day. Those days were very difficult. The Mujahideen, consumed by hunger, began to eat the leaves of the trees.
The third expedition: The adventurous expedition of five companions against Abu Raf. We have already discussed that there was always competition for good deeds between the two tribes of Haws and Hajjaj. Their competition was not worldly but rather, it was directed towards the Hereafter. Success in Islam means closeness to Allah. A man named Abu Raf used to write hateful poems in the name of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The main point of his poetry was to denigrate Islam and Muslims. In addition, his financing played a key role in the Battle of the Trench. The Hajjaj tribe asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) for permission to kill this man. The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave permission. A team of five was sent to kill Abu Rafi. The leadership was Abdul ibn Adi. Rafi used to stay in the fort. It was evening when the Muslim group reached the fort. It was evening when the Muslim group reached the fort. Abdul ibn Adi. Rafi asked his companions to wait while he entered the fort himself. He entered the fort and opened the door of the fort with the key kept by the guards, and the rest of his companions entered the fort. Then he entered Abu Raf’s house and killed him.
The fourth expedition we will describe is the largest expedition of the sixth year of the Hijri. And the expedition was led by Sal bin Rakhwa (RA). 500 companions participated in this expedition. Led by Abdullah Ubayda in Hijra, Some people from the Gadafar tribe attacked a place called Ganda Fa. Muslims would release their camels there. They went there and killed the shepherd and took 20 camels and left. The camels were the camels of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). As soon as the Prophet (peace be upon him) heard this news, he gathered 500 soldiers. Sal bin Rakhwa (RA) he alone, with his team, chased down the thieves. But he had neither a horse nor a camel. He pursued the looters, using only his legs, and left some signs along the way that the later Mujahideen saw and reached him. Then the Mujahideen bravely attacked the looters. The gang of robbers fled as best they could, and many died there. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in the month of Rabi’ul Awwal, Under the leadership of Ibn radiyallahu ta’ala anhu Send a team of 40 people to punish the Bonu Asad tribes.
They went to the Banu Asad tribe and captured their well. The enemies then abandoned everything and fled.
Led by Mohammad Mashla bin Radiyallahu Ta’ala Anhu, A 10-member force was sent to Bilqis Chai. The purpose was to intimidate the Banu Salama and the Kual tribes. So that the two tribes do not dare to launch a surprise attack against the Muslims.
Two things are noteworthy from the expeditions: the first is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) was particularly alert to what was happening around him. And the second thing is that the enemies could not surprise the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), rather he would surprise the enemies.
