Using shortcuts in order to arrive at the enemy’s camp...

Using shortcuts in order to arrive at the enemy’s camp faster as in the Battle of Bani Lihyān and the commanders who were sent in the Sariya of ‘Akāshah bin Muhsin to fight against the Bani Asad, and (the mission of) Qutbah ibn ‘Aāmir against the Khat’am. Ordering that bells should be removed from around the necks of camels[^34] so that the forces could move unnoticed as in the example of the Battle of Muta and the Conquest of Makkah[^35].

Concealing the state of readiness and the initial mobilization of forces[^36], as was the case in the battles of Bani Saleem, Dhi Amr, Dhāt al-Ruqā’ and Bani Lihyān, and the Sariya of Abi Qatāda bin Rab’i al-Ansāri towards the Batn Adham. Using…