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Defense and war strategy of Rasool Kareem

After the migration to Madinah, the Holy Prophet ﷺ paid special attention to the settlement of the emigrants through "Mawakhat", the establishment of peace in Madinah-ul-Nabi through Ansar Madinah, the stability of the state, interior affairs and defense. Therefore, in the beginning, military and defense agreements were made with the tribes living in the north, then south and then east region of Madinah. succeeded in making him his ally.

Probably the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would have suggested to these allied tribes that you are alone. Your enemies are there, if they attack you, no one will help you. In these circumstances, is it not appropriate that you and we become allies? We promise that if someone attacks you, we will come to your aid. And if someone attacks us and we call you, you should also come to help.

In these types of agreements, it was clear that it was a military agreement only. "Five, seven agreements of this kind have been preserved in history till now. If we consider them, it will be seen that the plan to secure the state of Madinah is being made in such a way that the areas around Madinah are made allies so that if the enemy (Especially the infidels of Quraysh) should not reach Madinah directly will give

As if, a "mandal" circle was established. From the very beginning, the Prophet ﷺ established settlements of allies around Madinah from a defensive point of view, and then with the help of those friends, Madinah was protected from a defensive war point of view.

It is a fact that the infidel Quraysh in Makkah used all tactics in enmity and opposition to Islam, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the Companions. They did what was possible, took all possible measures to block the way of Islam and Muslims.

The Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) broke mountains of oppression and oppression on the Ijma'een, until the Quraysh were fed up with the atrocities of Makkah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the Companions were forced to leave everything and migrate to Madinah. When the Companions came to Madinah, the infidels of Makkah seized their properties. Under these circumstances, the Muslims had the right under the law of nature to take revenge on them both physically and financially.

In the beginning, Muslims did not have enough military strength and resources. That they should inflict casualties on the enemy, but the Muslims started putting economic pressure on them. On the other hand, the Quraish of Makkah had no other means of pastime except trade. So, before the Battle of Badr, Muslim soldiers went to stop the Quraysh trade caravan about seven times, but it did not reach them. But somehow escaped.

However, efforts are ongoing. The means of obtaining information began to be developed. Attention was paid to increasing the number of allies. Therefore, the measures that were possible from the defense and war point of view should be adopted. When Quraysh saw that the Muslims would not let them pass easily. So they decided to force their way through.

DEFENSE AND WAR STRATEGY BEFORE THE BATTLE OF BADR:-

It is an event just before the Battle of Badr. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that the Quraysh had gone to Makkah from the north, it occurred to him (ﷺ) that the enemy's caravan would return by this route. He cannot return by any other way. Therefore, two spies were appointed to go to the country of Syria and stay near this trade caravan. As soon as this caravan makes arrangements it intends to return. Be informed quickly that the enemy is coming.

The interesting thing is that when these two spies quickly returned to Madinah, they saw that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had been informed of the arrival of the caravan through other sources and he (ﷺ) had already left Madinah. From this it has to be concluded that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used various means so that the news of the enemy would reach the Muslims and he would also make arrangements so that the news of the Muslims could not reach the enemies. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had left Madinah and due to the frost, instead of going towards the north of Madinah, the soldiers went towards the south in order to reach a safe place before the enemy arrived. Where it is possible to stop the enemy. The place of Badr was chosen for this.

This place passes through narrow valleys between high hills, so it was possible with relative ease for the Muslims to settle in a place where there is a narrow path. He remained hidden in the mountains, the enemy came unawares and they were able to attack him.

STRATEGIC, MILITARY AND DEFENSE POLICY:-

In these circumstances, full attention was paid to all strategic, military and defense issues. Even the Holy Prophet ﷺ ordered to remove the bells from the necks of the camels. It is known that he ﷺ did this to hide the movement of the army. Because the bells make a loud noise when the camels defecate. Which makes it easy to find out the location of the enemy’s camp? The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) also sent his spies to find out the conditions of the enemy's convoy.

A comparison of the intelligence of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and today:-

Nowadays they are called intelligence or situational awareness devices. The men of intelligence spread here and there before the army, one of them was Bisbis bin Amr Jahni and the other was Udi bin Abi al-Zaghba. These two were the first persons. Who was sent by the Holy Prophet to Badr to find out the situation of Abu Sufyan.

The Prophet ﷺ chose an inner part of Badr with the advice of his Companions. Where the well was. In this, the expediency was kept in mind that if the disbelievers come to Makkah Badr, they will also need water and there was only one well of water. If he remains in the possession of the Muslims. So the enemy will come here. In this way, the enemy will gain superiority from a combat point of view. A pit was also dug with the advice of some companions. In which abundant water was stored. There was a secret in it that if someone feels thirsty during the war, it will be difficult to draw water from a deep well and drink it. During this time, if the enemy attacks, it can also cause damage. Therefore, it would be appropriate to have a pit filled with water and the soldiers should immediately drink water from the chalo on reaching there. If the enemy comes here and needs to drink water, some people should be stationed here to monitor it. Although today this strategy is of little benefit, but in those times it proved to be very useful from the military and defense point of view.

QUESTION, ANSWER AND DEFENSE ANALYSIS:-

Meanwhile, the enemy's army from Makkah reached there under the leadership of Abu Jahl. A surveillance squad (patrol) was sent to find out the number of enemy's army. He arrested two men of the enemy's army and presented them before the Holy Prophet. He asked them questions. There are also two things that seem to be of great interest and fundamental importance from a military and military point of view.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, "Who are you?" He replied, "We are the soldiers of the army coming from Makkah." Then he asked a touching question, "How many camels are slaughtered for your people's food every day?" He replied, "One day, nine." After hearing this, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) immediately concluded that their number would be between nine hundred and one thousand. Because one camel is enough for one day's food for one hundred people.

"QUESTIONS ABOUT MILITARY OFFICERS":-

A question was asked to him that which names are there in the army. With this question, he probably wanted to guess who would command the army during the war. Who will be in the Lamb? Who will be in Mesra, Who can be who in different places?

Briefly, if we consider the details of the Battle of Badr, it is known that the Prophet of Islam had already implemented the basic principles and rules of war that had been laid down by the experts of war in the present era.