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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Muhammad The Battle of Uhud The people of Quraysh received the news of their defeat and their great loss in men and properties with great sorrow and grief. The most of them in sorrow and distress were Abu Sufyan and his wife Hind who prohibited to herself and to the men and women of Quraysh the weeping on their killed men so that their sorrow would remain inside them until they would avenge on Muslims.

The leadership of Abu Sufyan In the battle of Uhud, [1] Abu Sufyan was the head of Quraysh and the first leader of the war. He succeeded in taking the masses of people to fight against the messenger of Allah (a.s.). He asked the merchants and the wealthy people of Quraysh to assist him with their monies in the war against the Prophet (a.s.), and they responded to him. They gave him monies as he liked to buy weapons and equipments.

Concerning this battle, sixty verses from the Sura of Aal Imran were revealed to the Prophet (a.s.). The people of Quraysh agreed unanimously on the war followed by the tribes of Kinanah, Tihama, and their allies. Historians say that the army of Quraysh was about three thousand men, whereas the army of Muslims was about seven hundred men. All men of Quraysh went out to fight the Prophet (a.s.). They accompanied with them their women because that would encourage them to fight defiantly.

Abu Sufyan took with him his wife Hind bint Utbah, and so did the chiefs and notables of Quraysh. The women of Quraysh were behind the men [1] Uhud is a famous mountain in Medina where this battle took place on Saturday, 11 th of Shawwal in the third year of Hijra and took the name of this mountain. Refer to as-Seera an-Nabawiyyah by Zayni Dahlan, printed in the margins of as-Seera al-Halabiyyah, vol. 2 p. 19.

drumming on the tambourine headed by Hind (Abu Sufyan’s wife) who aroused the enthusiasm of the men by reciting stanzas and verses of poetry. On the other side, her husband Abu Sufyan was encouraging the men to put out the light of Allah and quench the mission of Islam.