Qualla: Battle of Badr https://qualla.com/battle-of-badr en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Badr https://qualla.com/battle-of-badr Battle of Badr: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-badr/ Photo credit Dr Pukhtunyar Afghan, CC BY-SA 4.0. It began over a caravan, not a kingdom. In early 624 CE, a long line of Meccan trade goods worth fifty thousand dinars was making its way home from the Levant, guarded by seventy men under the seasoned merchant Abu Sufyan. Muhammad, who had led his community to Medina two years earlier, set out with roughly three hundred followers to intercept it. Abu Sufyan slipped past, but a panicked call for help had already reached Mecca, and an army of around a thousand marched out to meet the Muslims. The two forces collided at the wells of Badr on 17 Ramadan, and the day would be remembered in the Qur'an as Yawm al-Furqan, the Day of the Criterion.

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/u/5/x/battle-of-badr-wp/su5x-battle-of-badr-two-armies-at-the-wells.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Badr: The Battle Joined https://qualla.com/battle-of-badr/ Photo credit The original uploader was Palm dogg at English Wikipedia., Public domain. As was the custom, the fighting opened with single combat. A warrior of Abu Jahl's clan stepped out swearing to reach the Muslim well, and Muhammad's uncle Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib met and killed him. Then three Meccan champions, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, his brother Shaybah, and his s...

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