UHAD
WITH an army of 700 the prophet went to meet the enemy numbering
thousands, led by Abu Sufiyan. The rival forces meet at “Uhad.”
The women from Mecca had also come inspire their gallant warriors,
with Hindah, Abu Sufiyan’s wife, at the heat of them all. She
was one of the bitterest enemies Islam. And yet she was spared by
a Muslim soldier for she was a woman and to kill a woman, however
bad she could be, was not a heroic deed. The odds were great. The
Meccans surrounded the little army on all sides. The Muslims put on
a heroic defence, but it ended in a defeat for them. The prophet (pbuh)
was also wounded in this battle.
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