Al Kudr Invasion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Muslims | Banu Sulaym tribe | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Muhammad [1] | None | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200 | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | None; 500 camels captured |
The expedition against the Banu Saleem tribe, also known as the Al Kudr Invasion, [2] occurred directly after the Battle of Badr in the year A.H. 2 of the Islamic calendar. The expedition was ordered by Muhammad after he received intelligence that the Banu Salim were planning to invade Madina. [1]
This was Muhammad's first interaction with the people of Bahrain. He had gotten news that some tribes were amassing an army on march from Bahrain. [3] [4]
Muhammad responded by launching a pre-emptive strike against their base in Al Kudr which was a watering place at the time. [5] When the tribe heard of this, they fled. Muhammad captured 500 of their camels from the raid, and distributed them between his fighters. He also kept a fifth of the spoils as khums. [3] [6] [7] [8]
This event is mentioned in Ibn Hisham's biography of Muhammad and other historical books. [2] [9] Modern secondary sources which mention this include the award-winning book Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar). [2] [10]
He stayed there for three days, took their 500 camels as booty and distributed them to the fighters after he had set aside the usual one-fifth