When they arrived in the village of al-Furu’...

When they arrived in the village of al-Furu’, they stayed there for two months teaching the people of that village the rulings and teachings of Islam and the Qur'an. Then, they went back to Medina after having faced no clash or plot. [3] 4. The expedition of Buwat The Prophet (a.s.) and two hundred men from his companions set out to attack a caravan of the polytheists that was traveling towards Sham.

There were two thousand and five hundred camels in the caravan with Umayyah bin Khalaf and one [1] As-Seera an-Nabawiyyah by ibn Hisham, vol. 3 p. 46. [2] Ibid., p. 48. [3] Ibid., P. 50. hundred men from Quraysh. The Prophet (a.s.) and his companions stopped at the mountain of Buwat, one of the mountains from which rocks were taken to build the Kaaba. The Prophet (a.s.) and Muslims stayed there for some period, but without meeting fight or harm. [1] 5.

The expedition of al-Asheera (the tribe) The Prophet (a.s.) and his companions moved to capture a great caravan of Quraysh that was going to Sham. It was the greatest trading caravan of Quraysh that all the people of Quraysh had had shares in it, and therefore it was called ‘al-Asheerah’. This event was the reason that had led to the battle of Badr. The Muslims missed the caravan that had preceded to Mecca. [2] 6.

The expedition of the Bani Qaynuqa’ Some people of Jews, who were famous for courage and were in alliance with Ubadah bin as-Samit and Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salool, showed hostility and envy after the battle of Badr and broke their covenant with the messenger of Allah (a.s.) who had entered into a covenant with them, with the Bani Quraydhah, and the Bani an-Nadheer not to fight against him or support any of his enemies. However, they were the first Jews that betrayed the Muslims.

One day, a woman, who was the wife of a Muslim man from the Ansar, brought some of her camels and sheep to sell them in the market of the Bani Qaynuqa’. After selling them, she sat beside a goldsmith from them (Bani Qaynuqa’). Some Jews tried to tempt the woman to uncover her face, but she refused. The goldsmith tied the end of her garment to her back, and when she got up, her body was unveiled.

Some Muslim man hurried to the Jewish goldsmith and killed him, and then some Jews attacked the Muslim man and killed him. [1] As-Seera al-Halabiyyah, vol. 2 p. 46. [2] Ibid., p. 126.