In the second year of Hijrah...

In the second year of Hijrah, two events took place in the Battle of Badr, one of which was known as minor Badr and the other as major Badr, both initiated by Islam’s enemies. The Prophet (S) was informed that a group of Heads of Meccan idolaters have come around Medina, and have plundered Muslims’ camels, sheep and other properties, and are escaping to Mecca. Prophet (S) ordered the Muslim soldiers to chase them. The soldiers chased them to Badr but despaired of finding the enemy.

The event finished without any conflict and it was known as minor Badr. The major Badr battle which occurred later in the same year was a response to the sharp aggression by the Mecca’s heads and was a defensive war. “Conquest of Mecca” was one of the important campaigns by the Prophet (S). However, first, it aimed at the destruction of the centre of Islam’s enemies and idolaters, because all Muslim problems, adversities and wars were planned there.

Secondly, no war happened during the “Conquest of Mecca”. When the idolaters observed the Muslims’ mighty and crowded army, they surrendered themselves without any war and bloodshed. In brief, according to this group of Islamic researchers, scholars and historians, all wars that occurred at the beginning of Islam were defensive, and none was considered as an initial Jihad.