Majid Al-Areesh (Maqam-e-Badar) - Badar Battlefield Area
[ Category: Religion | Posted By: Umme Haani on 2020-07-10 23:19:51 ]
When Hazrat Ali (R.A) was Caliph, he gave a khutbah where he said, “O people, who is the bravest of all the people?”. The congregation replied, “You are, O leader of the believers.” Ali (R.A) replied, “When you say I’m the bravest of the people, I might have been the most skilled fighter. I never faced anyone in battle that I was never able to defeat. However, the bravest man that I have ever seen in my entire life was none other than Abu Bakr (R.A). We had built a tent for the Prophet (PBUH) in the Battle of Badr. We asked, ‘Who will guard over the Prophet so then nobody would dare go near him from the mushrikoon?’ Wallahi, nobody from amongst us stepped forward faster than Abu Bakr. He drew out his sword & stood right at the head of the Prophet to guard him. Anytime anyone even came in the direction of the Prophet, Abu Bakr would immediately step forth in the direction of that person. He was the bravest of all the people.”
Masjid Areesh is built on the site where the tent of the Prophet (ﷺ) was pitched during the Battle of Badr. The battle was directed from here. Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh (R.A) suggested that a shelter be built for the Prophet (ﷺ) to function as headquarters for the Muslim army.
The Muhajireen (emigrants of Makkah) left most of their belongings behind them, which were eventually taken by the Qureyshi disbelievers. In the second year of Hijrah (Migration), in 623 A.D, Muslims came to know of Qureyshi caravan coming back from Syria to Makkah. So, they thought of avenging their losses of possessions in Makkah by raiding that convoy lead by Abu Sufyan, who called for his people to protect his caravan from Muslims and crush them. The Apostle ﷺ of Allah had no plan of going into battle, but when He came to know about arrival of thousands of armed disbelievers for purpose of demolishing Muslims, they eventually had to go into first battle between them and the infidels. This clash is known as Ghazwa (battle in which the Prophet ﷺ took part in Himself) Badr, which occurred on 17th of Ramadan and was won by Muslims who were 313 in number only, against the mighty army of above 1000 Makkan disbelievers. Allah SWT talks about this emphatic victory of Muslims over infidels in the Holy Quran as:
“Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met – one fighting in the cause of Allah and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allah supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.” [Quran, 3: 13]
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