3. Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr took place on 2 Hijriyah to coincide with the month of Ramadan. In this war, the Muslims were minimal in numbers and equipment for war. Many of them have faith in the Prophet Muhammad as a messenger. They always believe that no matter how tough the enemy is, Allah will always be on the right side. The number of Muslims at that time was only about 313 people and the number of their enemies was in the range of 1000 people.
This number is not a balanced amount. Therefore, before going to war, the Prophet kept asking Allah swt to give victory to the Muslim stronghold. Finally the Prophet’s prayer was granted by God, and sent several messengers of Allah as additional soldiers in the stronghold of the Muslims. At the end of the battle, the Muslims managed to win the battle.
4. Fatkhu Makkah
Fatkhu Makkah occurred on the 20th of Ramadan in the year 8 Hijriyah. This was because the Bani Bakr (allies of the Quraysh) were arguing with the Banu Khuza’ah (the allies of Islam).
The Quraysh disbelievers helped the Banu Bakr to attack the Banu Khuza’ah, 20 Khuza’ah people were killed. This means that the Quraysh infidels violated the Hudaibiyah agreement. Rasulullah SAW and 10,000 troops left for the city of Mecca through the 4 directions towards the city of Mecca.
Zubair bin Awam’s troops via the north road, Kholid bin Walid’s troops via the south road, Sa’ad bin Ubadah’s troops via the west road and Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah’s troops with Rasulullah SAW through the foot of Mount Hind in the northwest.
So the Muslims could control the city of Mecca without any hindrance from the Quraysh, because they had been hiding in their homes and some were running to the surrounding hills, for fear of the Muslims taking revenge for the crimes they had committed. Then Rasulullah SAW went to the Kaaba and destroyed 360 idols with his stick. While reading the word of God, which means: “The truth has come, falsehood has been destroyed. Truly falsehood has been destroyed.” (Surat al-Isro: 81).
