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Preparations

The Hawazin and their allies of the Thaqif began mobilizing their forces when they learnt from their spies that Muhammad and his army departed from Medina to begin an assault on Mecca. The confederates apparently hoped to attack the Muslim army while it would be besieging Mecca. Muhammad, however, uncovered their intentions through his own spies in the camp of the Hawazin and marched against the Hawazin just two weeks^[2] after the conquest of Mecca with a force of 12,000 men.^[1] This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ...

Four weeks had just elapsed since quitting Medina ^[3]

Course of the battle

The Bedouin commander Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri ambushed the Muslims at a place where the road to al-Taif enters winding gorges; the Muslims, surprised by the assault of the Bedouin cavalry who they thought was encamped at Awtas, began retreating in disarray. Modern historians have been unable to fully reconstruct the course of the battle from this point onwards because the different Muslim sources describing the battle give contradictory accounts.

Flight of the Army

The army of Islam was in headlong rout with the enemy at full tilt in pursuit. The Apostle did not abandon his post, and stood firm like a rock. Almost all of the companion ran away. Only eight men were still with him, all watching the spectacle of the flight of their army. They were:

1. Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abu Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب translit: ‘Alī ibn Abu Ṭālib Persian: علی پسر ابو طالب) ‎ (599 – 661) is an early Islamic leader. ...

2. Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib al-Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib, (566–652) was an uncle and Sahaba of Muhammad. ...

3. Fadl ibn Abbas this is a sahaba of Muhammad brother of Abdullah ibn Abbas See also Family tree of Fadl ibn Abbas Sahaba External links http://www. ...

4. Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib this is a sahaba of Muhammad Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith is the son of Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib See also Family tree of Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith Sahaba External links http://web. ...

5. Rabi'a ibn al-Harith, the brother of Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith

6. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Abdullah ibn Masud (Arabic: ) was the 6th man who converted to Ilam after Muhammed started preaching in Mecca. ...

7. Usama ibn Zayd ibn Haritha

8. Ayman ibn Ubayd

Out of these eight, the first five belonged to the clan of Banu Hashim. They were the uncle and the cousins of the Prophet. However, in accordance with Shia Islam ibn al-Harith did not belonged to Banu Hashim as he was an adopted son thus does not have blood relation with Abd al-Muttalib.^{[citation needed]}

Aftermath

Because Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri had brought the families and flocks of the Hawazin along, the Muslims were able to capture huge spoils consisting of 6,000 women and children and 24,000 camels. Some Bedouins fled, and parted in two groups. One group went back, resulting in the Battle of Autas, while most of them found refuge at al-Ta'if, where Muhammad besieged them.^[1] The Battle of Autas or Auras was an early battle involving Muslim forces, fought in the year 630. ... Taif in 1970 Taif (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ) is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1700 metres on the slopes of the Al-Sarawat mountains. ... The Siege of Taif took place in 630 CE, as the Muslims besieged the city of Taif after their victory in the Battle of Hunayn. ...

Relevant hadth

• Sahih Bukhari 4:53:370

The authentic collection (Arabic: الجامع الصحيح, al-Jaami al-Sahih [1]) or popularly al-Bukharis authentic (Arabic: صحيح البخاري, Sahih al-Bukhari) is one of the Sunni six major Hadith collections (Hadith are oral traditions recounting events in the lives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ). Sunni view this as their most trusted collection. ...

See also

• Muhammad as a warrior
• Rayhana bint Zayd

Muhammad (c. ... Rayhana bint Amr ibn Khunafa was a Jewish woman from the Banu Qurayza tribe. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Lammens, H. and Abd al-Hafez Kamal. "Hunayn". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online Edition. Ed. P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 1573-3912. 
2. ^ Revelation and Empire
3. ^ Muhammad: Victory

Henri Lammens (1862-1937) was a prominent Belgian-born Jesuit and Orientalist. ... The Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI) is the standard encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies. ... Clifford Edmund Bosworth (born December 29, 1928, Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a British historian and orientalist, specializing in Arabic studies. ...

External links

• http://islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=40434
• http://islamanswers.net/moreAbout/Hunayn.htm
• http://hizb-ut-tahrir.org/english/books/state/chapter_27.html