Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) was about fifteen years old when a sacrilegious war or Harb-ul-Fijar broke out between the Quraish and Hawazin tribes. The war was so called because it was fought during the sacred months when fighting was forbidden.
Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) accompanied his uncles, but he did not take an active part in the war. He only collected the arrows thrown by the enemy and handed them over to his uncles.
This was a major event in the life of Hazrat Muhammad and one which must have had a great impact on his character. His impression of the war was most probably concerned with the tragic results of the war, the bloodshed and the unnecessary human suffering. Being the first armed conflict that he witnessed, he could not have escaped its influence on his mild and peace loving temperament and he must have developed a very strong and lasting dislike for war.
At the same time his indirect participation in the war also gave him a military experience that is so vital for any person destined to be a leader of people through a major socio-religious revolution.
ok..........but not enough detailed
ReplyDeleteand could have used a book by martin lings
but overall it was to the point and usefull , so well done and keep it up
ReplyDeleteso this is basically copied from Farkhanda Noor's Islamiyat resource book
ReplyDeleteHmm not enough detail
ReplyDeletei have a question y was harb ul fijar given this name tho, there must be a reason?
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