Invasion of Banu Lahyan

Invasion of Banu Lahyan

Invasion of Banu Lahyan
Date September, 627AD in Rabi‘ Al-Awwal or Jumada Al-Ula, 6AH Location Result Banu Lahyan tribe members escape
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad	Unknown
Strength
200	Unknown

Expeditions of Muhammad
Ghazwah (expeditions where he took part)
Caravan Raids – Waddan – Buwat – Safwan – Dul Ashir – Badr – Kudr – Sawiq – Banu Qaynuqa – Ghatafan – Bahran – Uhud – Al-Asad – Banu Nadir – Invasion of Nejd – Invasion of Badr – 1st Jandal – Trench – Banu Qurayza – 2nd Banu Lahyan – Banu Mustaliq – Hudaybiyyah – Khaybar – Conquest of Fidak – 3rd Qura – Dhat al-Riqa – Mu'tah – Banu Baqra – Mecca – Hunayn – Autas – Ta'if – Tabouk
Sariyyah (expeditions which he ordered) Nakhla – Nejd – 1st Banu Asad – 1st Banu Lahyan – Al Raji – Bir Maona – Assassination of Abu Rafi – Maslamah – 2nd Banu Asad – 1st Banu Thalabah – 2nd Banu Thalabah – Dhu Qarad – Jumum – Al-Is – 3rd Banu Thalabah – 1st Qura – 2nd Jandal – Fidak – 2nd Qura – Uraynah – Hisma – Turbah –

The Invasion of Banu Lahyan took place in September, 627AD in Rabi‘ Al-Awwal or Jumada Al-Ula, 6AH of the Islamic Calender ..

Background

Muhammad wanted to get revenge for the killing of 10 muslims in Expedition of Al Raji. The Banu Lahyan were situated deep in the heart of Hijaz on the borders of Makkah, and due to deep-seated blood-revenge between the Muslims on the one hand, and Quraish and the Arabians on the other.

When the power of the allied Confederates collapsed and they began to slacken and resign to the current unfavourable balance of power, Muhammad seized this rare opportunity and decided that it was time to take revenge on Banu Lahyan. .

Invasion

Muhammad set out in Rabi‘ Al-Awwal or Jumada Al-Ula in the year six Hijri (July 627 A.D) with 200 Muslim fighters and made a feint of heading for Syria, then soon changed route towards , the scene of were 10 muslims were killed in the Expedition of Al Raji. Bani Lahyan were on Alert and got the news of his march, the tribe then immediately fled to the mountain tops nearby and thus remained out of his reach. On his way back, Muhammad despatched a group of ten horsemen to a place called Kura‘ Al-Ghamim, in the vicinity of the habitation of Quraish in order to indirectly confirm his growing military power. All these skirmishes took 14 days, after which he left back for home. .

See also

Notes

1. Bani Lihyan Invasion, Witness-Pioneer.com
2. List of Battles of Muhammad
3. The Sealed Nectar, by Saifur Rahman al Mubarakpuri, pg 205
4. Bani Lihyan Invasion, Witness-Pioneer.com
5. The Sealed Nectar, by Saifur Rahman al Mubarakpuri, pg 205
6. Bani Lihyan Invasion, Witness-Pioneer.com
7. The Sealed Nectar, by Saifur Rahman al Mubarakpuri, pg 205

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