Abu Jahl: Difference between revisions

==Initiation of the Battle of Badr==

According to historical sources, Abu Jahl played a crucial role in the initiation of the Battle of Badr. Before the outbreak of this war, the Prophet (s) cursed him and Zamaʿa b. al-Aswad for their insistence on the war. In 2 AH, a caravan from the Quraysh, headed by Abu Sufyan, was threatened by Muslims. He asked the Quraysh for help, and then Abu Jahl left Mecca along with an army to support him. Although the caravan could go on its path, Abu Jahl insisted that the army of Mecca had to move toward the wells of Badr, where the Battle of Badr occurred between them and the Muslim army. The Meccan army was defeated by Muslims, and Abu Jahl, along with a number of senior figures of the Quraysh were killed. Abu Jahl was killed in the hands of Maʿadh b. ʿAmr and the sons of ʿAfraʾ. He was beheaded by ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud.